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Comparative mythology corpus

Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition

247 tagged occurrences across 16 traditions.

The expression of grief, loss, and tragic awareness. Includes mourning songs, laments for fallen heroes, the recognition of what has been lost, and grief as a transformative force.

247total occurrences
247child motifs
16traditions present
800 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

Child MotifRelationshipOccurrencesTraditions
Aetiology Of Pearls And Bird Plumage From A Hero's Tears symbolic_variant 1 1
Aging Singer Laments Loss Of Voice functional_variant 1 1
Battle Halted By The Arrival Of A Grieving Queen Woman functional_variant 1 1
Bereaved Father Mourning A Fallen Son functional_variant 1 1
Bereaved Mother Laments Last Child And Ruined House functional_variant 1 1
Best Not To Be Born symbolic_variant 1 1
Comic Reversal Of Mourning functional_variant 1 1
Compassionate Lament For Condemned Outcasts functional_variant 1 1
Consolatory Comparison Of Bereaved Parents functional_variant 1 1
Dead Ruler Still Looking Toward Lost Possessions symbolic_variant 1 1
Death From Grief And Fear After Witnessing A Killing over_specific_label 1 1
Dying Hero Arranges Successor Relationship For His Bride child 1 1
Dying Swan Song As Image For Lament symbolic_variant 1 1
Excessive Grief Leading To Violation Of Human And Divine Norms functional_variant 1 1
Fairy Women Lament As Origin Of A Named Wail functional_variant 1 1
Fallen Youth Compared To A Plucked Flower symbolic_variant 1 1
Family Reunion After Mourning functional_variant 1 1
Former Heroic Strength Contrasted With Old Age uncertain 1 1
Funeral Lament Followed By Sudden Love For The Widow over_specific_label 1 1
Funeral Or Mourning Rite For Insects Or Animals ritual_variant 1 1
Grief For Absent Kin Leading To Decline Or Death child 1 1
Grieving Beloved Wastes Away And Vanishes functional_variant 1 1
Grieving Mother At The Grave functional_variant 1 1
Hero Threatens Landscape In Grief functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Death Followed By Keening Lament ritual_variant 1 1
Heroic Lament And Escorted Return Of A Fallen Youth functional_variant 1 1
Hypocritical Mourner With False Tears functional_variant 1 1
Immortal Horses Mourning A Dead Hero narrower_than 1 1
Impermanence Of Glory After A Great Teacher’s Death over_specific_label 1 1
Innocent Victim Killed And Later Regretted functional_variant 1 1
Keening And Memorialization After Tragic Error functional_variant 1 1
Killing And Lament Of A Cherished Hound functional_variant 1 1
Lament For Beloved Speaking Bird narrower_than 1 1
Lament For The Fallen Hero narrower_than 1 1
Lamenting Wife Offers Healing To Doomed Warrior functional_variant 1 1
Last Survivor Lamenting A Vanished Heroic Company functional_variant 1 1
Metamorphosis Into Enduring Mourning Landmark functional_variant 1 1
Mistaken Killing Of One’s Own Child functional_variant 1 1
Mortal Lament For Vanished Heroic Company functional_variant 1 1
Mortality Of Companions And Remembrance With Wine functional_variant 1 1
Mourner's Tears Released By Contact With The Dead ritual_variant 1 1
Mourning After Loss Of Protectors functional_variant 1 1
Mourning Animal In Funeral Procession symbolic_variant 1 1
Mourning Expressed Through Embracing And Kissing The Deceased Warrior’s Horse And Equipment child 1 1
Mourning Musician Whose Song Moves Nature functional_variant 1 1
Mourning Spouse Attempts To Replace The Dead Beloved With An Artificial Bride over_specific_label 1 1
Nostalgic Lament For Vanished Heroic Companions narrower_than 1 1
One Death Dooms A Dependent Family functional_variant 1 1
Orphaned Wanderer’s Lament functional_variant 1 1
Parental Supplication To Avert Heroic Death functional_variant 1 1
Personified Grief Fed By Mourning symbolic_variant 1 1
Prayer For Visible Death In Daylight over_specific_label 1 1
Prolonged Mourning Without Relief Leading To Physical Collapse/death child 1 1
Public Lamentation Over Slain Warrior child 1 1
Rain As Divine Weeping symbolic_variant 1 1
Refusal To Praise An Enemy Because Of Remembered Kin Slaying uncertain 1 1
Ritual Lament For A Named Figure ritual_variant 1 1
Slayer Laments Slain Opponent functional_variant 1 1
Sorrow Figured As Overwhelming Water symbolic_variant 1 1
Speaking Tree Lamenting Human Use And Seasonal Suffering symbolic_variant 1 1
Supernatural Female Lament For A Hero role_variant 1 1
Tears Of Mourning Bind Or Disturb The Dead functional_variant 1 1
Threefold Lamenting Birds symbolic_variant 1 1
Uncertainty Of Death Place Or Burial Place uncertain 1 1
Widow And Mother Keening Over Slain Husband And Sons narrower_than 1 1
Widow’s Lament Over The Dead King narrower_than 1 1
Wife Brings Weapons And Performs Lament functional_variant 1 1
Aged Hero Recalls Lost Youthful Power symbolic_variant 1 1
Animal Grief Mirrors Human Grief symbolic_variant 1 1
Animal Mourning For Human Master Or Companions functional_variant 1 1
Animals Lamenting A Slain Human Companion role_variant 1 1
Appeal To Hostile Divinity For Death As Relief functional_variant 1 1
Attempted Suicide Interrupted By Caregiver functional_variant 1 1
Beautiful Youth With Untimely Death symbolic_variant 1 1
Beloved Hero Mourned By City And Nature functional_variant 1 1
Bereaved Child Discovers Slain Parent functional_variant 1 1
Cessation Of Ritual, Festivity, And Commerce In Mourning ritual_variant 1 1
City Mourns Absent Ruler child 1 1
Collective Lament For The Fallen Champion narrower_than 1 1
Collective Lamentation For A Fallen Defender narrower_than 1 1
Communal Female Mourning ritual_variant 1 1
Cosmic Mourning After A Divine Death broader_label 1 1
Cosmic Or Atmospheric Mourning For A Slain Child symbolic_variant 1 1
Daughter Lamenting Bad Marital Placement By Mother functional_variant 1 1
Death As Final Sleep Watched By Nature symbolic_variant 1 1
Death From Grief And Blame After Destruction Of Two Lands over_specific_label 1 1
Death From Grief For Wounded Spouse functional_variant 1 1
Death From Shame After Others Die On One's Account functional_variant 1 1
Death From Shame After Slaughter Caused By Protection over_specific_label 1 1
Death Memorial Covered By Living Flowers symbolic_variant 1 1
Decline And End Of A Heroic Company broader_label 1 1
Departed Companions Precede The Speaker Into Death functional_variant 1 1
Dependent Blind Parents Lose Their Only Guide over_specific_label 1 1
Destruction In The Furnace Of Grief symbolic_variant 1 1
Diminished Survivor Of A Vanished Company functional_variant 1 1
Disciple Mourning Slain Teacher functional_variant 1 1
Doomed Aged King Arms Himself During The Fall Of The City over_specific_label 1 1
Dying Animal Laments The Manner Of Its Death role_variant 1 1
Dying Mother Addresses Daughter over_specific_label 1 1
Dying Warrior Amid Lamentation functional_variant 1 1
Echoed Lament And Farewell symbolic_variant 1 1
Empty Vehicle As Sign Of Absent Hero symbolic_variant 1 1
Fallen Royal Tree Lament symbolic_variant 1 1
False Death Report Leading To Mistaken Mourning Rites functional_variant 1 1
Farewell Lament Of The Royal Household narrower_than 1 1
Fate Lament child 1 1
Fatherly Supplication For Mercy From A Killer Or Enemy functional_variant 1 1
Foreign Sanctuary Preserves Memory Of Homeland Suffering functional_variant 1 1
Grave Growth Sign Controlling Remarriage uncertain 1 1
Grief Anticipating Early Death functional_variant 1 1
Grief As Futile Tears Of Blood symbolic_variant 1 1
Grief At Body, Ashes, Tomb, And Name over_specific_label 1 1
Grief For Lost Kinsman Or Comrade alias 1 1
Grief Leading To Speech functional_variant 1 1
Grief Overflowing As Blood And Water symbolic_variant 1 1
Grief Tears Transformed Into Precious Substances symbolic_variant 1 1
Grief Transformed Into Poetic Form functional_variant 1 1
Grief Transformed Into Water symbolic_variant 1 1
Grief Weakening Warriors Before Battle functional_variant 1 1
Grief Death Of The Royal Father functional_variant 1 1
Grief Driven Plunge Into Water functional_variant 1 1
Grieving Animals At A Hero's Death symbolic_variant 1 1
Grieving Hero On Mountain Height functional_variant 1 1
Grieving Messenger Sent To Tell A Beloved Warrior Of Death over_specific_label 1 1
Grieving Mother Turns To Vengeance For A Murdered Child functional_variant 1 1
Grieving Parent Mourns Absent Son As Dead child 1 1
Grieving Parent Returns To Battle Seeking Death Or Vengeance functional_variant 1 1
Grieving Spouse Fading After Loss functional_variant 1 1
Hero Mourns Sacrificed Beloved And Place Name Preserves Memory over_specific_label 1 1
Hero's Lament For A Slain Opponent functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Grief Expressed Through Bodily Abasement ritual_variant 1 1
Hidden Suffering Revealed By Bodily Scars functional_variant 1 1
Honored Hero Cremation With Precious Container And Companion Burial narrower_than 1 1
Human Grief Mirrored By Protective Animal Parent symbolic_variant 1 1
Immortality Experienced As Lamentation child 1 1
Inconsolable Grief After Slain Companions Or Beloveds narrower_than 1 1
Lament After Killing A Friend Or Opponent narrower_than 1 1
Lament After Tragic Death alias 1 1
Lament Beside Water symbolic_variant 1 1
Lament Comparing Joy To Free Flowing Water And Sorrow To Frozen Or Imprisoned Water symbolic_variant 1 1
Lament For A Fallen Warrior narrower_than 1 1
Lament For A Fallen Warrior Kinsman narrower_than 1 1
Lament For A Lost Heroic Age symbolic_variant 1 1
Lament For Dead Heroic Companions narrower_than 1 1
Lament For Fallen Companion And Endangered Kin narrower_than 1 1
Lament For Slain Friend Opponent narrower_than 1 1
Lament For The Dead Beloved narrower_than 1 1
Lament For The Dead Hero By His Wife narrower_than 1 1
Lament For The Land Defending Hero narrower_than 1 1
Lament Of Guilt And Future Infamy functional_variant 1 1
Lament Of Stranded Hero Recognized And Answered functional_variant 1 1
Lament Of The Last Survivor Of A Heroic Band narrower_than 1 1
Lament Over A Slain Opponent narrower_than 1 1
Lament Over A Slain Sworn Companion narrower_than 1 1
Lament Over Being Left Behind functional_variant 1 1
Lament Over The Dead Companion narrower_than 1 1
Lament Over The Fallen King role_variant 1 1
Lament Over The Fallen Warrior By Mother And Widow role_variant 1 1
Lament Over The Fallen Warrior King role_variant 1 1
Lament Voiced Through Natural Material And Instrument symbolic_variant 1 1
Lamenting Or Questioning Bird At An Abandoned Seat Of Power symbolic_variant 1 1
Lamenting Survivor Beside Slain Beloved And Kin functional_variant 1 1
Leader’s Consoling Speech After Communal Catastrophe functional_variant 1 1
Life's Transience And Irreversible Death symbolic_variant 1 1
Life Ending Grief narrower_than 1 1
Loss Of Heirs Extinguishing Household Continuity functional_variant 1 1
Loyal Servant Mourns The Absent Master functional_variant 1 1
Maternal Lament At Separation From Exiled Children functional_variant 1 1
Maternal Lament For Absent Endangered Son narrower_than 1 1
Maternal Lament Over Loss Of The Cherished Son narrower_than 1 1
Messenger Announces The Death Of A Beloved Companion functional_variant 1 1
Misinterpreted Lament Provokes Jealous Suspicion functional_variant 1 1
Mistaken Hunting Kill Of A Child functional_variant 1 1
Mistaken Killing Of Beloved During Hunt functional_variant 1 1
Mistaken Return Or Presence Through Another's Armor functional_variant 1 1
Mother's Lament For Slain And Unburied Son narrower_than 1 1
Mother Son Grief At Separation narrower_than 1 1
Mourner As Fallen Heavenly Body symbolic_variant 1 1
Mourner Transformed Into Weeping Stone symbolic_variant 1 1
Mourning After Destruction Of Homeland functional_variant 1 1
Mourning Beloved Refuses Joy And Sustenance functional_variant 1 1
Mourning Fast Before Renewed Combat ritual_variant 1 1
Mourning Father And Unavenged Son functional_variant 1 1
Mourning Interrupted Or Postponed For The Meal ritual_variant 1 1
Mourning Messenger Brings News Of Royal Death functional_variant 1 1
Mourning Mother Imagines Son In The Realm Of Death symbolic_variant 1 1
Mourning Or Sentient Landscape uncertain 1 1
Mourning Over The Slain Royal Warrior functional_variant 1 1
Mourning Parents Touch The Slain Child over_specific_label 1 1
Natural World Mourns A Beloved Figure’s Departure symbolic_variant 1 1
Nightly Death Watch Of One Among Three Companions uncertain 1 1
Old Age Contrasted With Heroic Youth symbolic_variant 1 1
Old Warrior Lamenting Lost Heroic Age narrower_than 1 1
Ominous Hearing Of Public Lament Before Recognition Of Death over_specific_label 1 1
Orphaned Child Deprived By The Father’s Death functional_variant 1 1
Parental Lament For A Dead Hero child 1 1
Parental Supplication Before A Hero's Fatal Combat functional_variant 1 1
Past Guilt Returning During Present Grief functional_variant 1 1
Pathos Of Slain Young Warriors Through Genealogy And Simile meta_artifact 1 1
Perpetual Mourning Assigned To Transformed Being symbolic_variant 1 1
Place Of Past Suffering Revives Painful Memory functional_variant 1 1
Place Name Origin From Death Or Animal Sign functional_variant 1 1
Post Battle Funeral Lament By Bereaved Women narrower_than 1 1
Posthumous Inscribed Flower Of Lament symbolic_variant 1 1
Prophecy Like Lament For Ruined Survivors functional_variant 1 1
Public Grief Echoing Through Nature symbolic_variant 1 1
Recognition Followed By Reversal Of Life heuristic_family_name_match 1 1
Refusal And Reversal Of Mourning Among Kin functional_variant 1 1
Remorse After A Brother's Death functional_variant 1 1
Renowned Tragic Grave Of Heroine narrower_than 1 1
Return Of The Fallen Son To The Grieving Father functional_variant 1 1
Ritual Procession Of Mourners ritual_variant 1 1
Royal Seclusion Overturned By Grief functional_variant 1 1
Sea As Agent Of Death And Lament symbolic_variant 1 1
Sea Nymph Mourning Procession role_variant 1 1
Self Blame For Destruction Of Kin functional_variant 1 1
Separation Causing Refusal Of Food And Care functional_variant 1 1
Shared Epitaph As Marital Memorial over_specific_label 1 1
Slain Son Mourned And Avenged By Father functional_variant 1 1
Slaughtered Band Of Youthful Allies over_specific_label 1 1
Son's Prostrate Lament For Deceased Father narrower_than 1 1
Song Reserved For The Moment Before Death ritual_variant 1 1
Song Reveals Hidden Grief Of The Hero functional_variant 1 1
Spouse Dies Of Grief Beside The Dead Beloved functional_variant 1 1
Spring Landscape Intensifies Separation Lament symbolic_variant 1 1
Suicide After Catastrophic Loss functional_variant 1 1
Tears As Heavenly Sign Of Grief symbolic_variant 1 1
Tragic Heroine's Lament At Death narrower_than 1 1
Tree Emblem Of Mortal Fragility symbolic_variant 1 1
Unaware Supplication For One Already Dead functional_variant 1 1
Unknown Fate Of Absent Husband functional_variant 1 1
Unrecognized Child Slain By Father functional_variant 1 1
Unresolved Heroic Quarrel Persists After Death functional_variant 1 1
Unseen Lament Heard At Threshold Of Journey functional_variant 1 1
Victor Laments The Slain Friend child 1 1
Violent Retaliation After Overheard Lament functional_variant 1 1
Warrior Band Mourning An Absent Lord functional_variant 1 1
Wealth Gained Abroad Overshadowed By Grief And Loss functional_variant 1 1
Widow’s Lament Beside The Body narrower_than 1 1
Widow’s Lament For The Fallen Husband narrower_than 1 1
Widow’s Lament Over Fallen Warrior King functional_variant 1 1
Wish For Death Reversed By Fear Of Death functional_variant 1 1
Wish For Non Birth Or Infant Death In Maiden’s Lament narrower_than 1 1
Woman On Tower Watching Battle And Fearing For Absent Husband functional_variant 1 1
Women’s Lament Over A Dead Ruler narrower_than 1 1
Young Warrior Cut Down Like A Tree symbolic_variant 1 1
Youth Cut Down Like An Uprooted Tree symbolic_variant 1 1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.
Celtic Irish 55 Greek 54 Hindu 46 Roman 33 Finnish/Karelian 16 Sufi 13 Greek/Roman 6 Norse 5 Celtic Welsh 4 Japanese 4 Buddhist 3 Persian 3 Islamicate Folklore 2 Comparative 1 Daoist 1 Islamic 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

55 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Battle Halted By The Arrival Of A Grieving Queen Woman (1), Death From Grief And Fear After Witnessing A Killing (1), Fairy Women Lament As Origin Of A Named Wail (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and Heroic Romances of Ireland. This is a deterministic summary of 55 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13680-13694 high Death From Grief And Fear After Witnessing A Killing record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS; lines 14653-14791 high Nostalgic Lament For Vanished Heroic Companions record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS; lines 14793-14932 high Last Survivor Lamenting A Vanished Heroic Company record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS; lines 14934-15070 high Old Warrior Lamenting Lost Heroic Age record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK ELEVEN: OISIN AND PATRICK. / CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS; lines 15072-15088 high Lament For Dead Heroic Companions record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA / CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL / CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF GABHRA; lines 14070-14133 high Collective Lament For The Fallen Champion record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY / CHAPTER III. THE HOUND; lines 6845-6937 medium Nightly Death Watch Of One Among Three Companions record
Gods and Fighting Men Book VIII. Cnoc-an-Air / Book IX. The Wearing Away of the Fianna / Book X. The End of the Fianna / Book XI. Oisin and Patrick; lines 622-645 medium Decline And End Of A Heroic Company record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS; lines 15091-15228 high Diminished Survivor Of A Vanished Company record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS; lines 15091-15228 high Lament For A Lost Heroic Age record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS; lines 15230-15250 high Lament Of The Last Survivor Of A Heroic Band record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. OISIN'S STORY / CHAPTER II. OISIN IN PATRICK'S HOUSE / CHAPTER III. THE ARGUMENTS / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS; lines 15230-15250 high Old Age Contrasted With Heroic Youth record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE / BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA; lines 13786-13882 high Keening And Memorialization After Tragic Error record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE / BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA; lines 13786-13882 high Killing And Lament Of A Cherished Hound record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE / BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA / CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL; lines 13885-13960 high Heroic Death Followed By Keening Lament record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE / BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA / CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL; lines 13885-13960 high Lamenting Wife Offers Healing To Doomed Warrior record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 12985-13086 high Lament For The Dead Hero By His Wife record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN / BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON; lines 13149-13246 high Death From Shame After Slaughter Caused By Protection record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN / BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE; lines 13249-13366 medium Battle Halted By The Arrival Of A Grieving Queen Woman record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN / BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE; lines 13249-13366 high Widow And Mother Keening Over Slain Husband And Sons record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY / CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT / CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT; lines 8264-8358 high Animal Grief Mirrors Human Grief record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY / CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT / CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT; lines 8264-8358 high Sea As Agent Of Death And Lament record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY / CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT / CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT; lines 8264-8358 high Spouse Dies Of Grief Beside The Dead Beloved record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN / CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS; lines 9960-10071 high Grieving Mother At The Grave record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS / CHAPTER XIV. THE PIGS OF ANGUS / CHAPTER XV. THE HUNT OF SLIEVE CUILINN / BOOK FIVE: OISIN'S CHILDREN; lines 10403-10462 high Death From Grief For Wounded Spouse record
Gods and Fighting Men WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 100-191 high Human Grief Mirrored By Protective Animal Parent record
Gods and Fighting Men WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 329-417 high Mortal Lament For Vanished Heroic Company record
Gods and Fighting Men WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 419-501 high Dying Warrior Amid Lamentation record
Heroic Romances of Ireland A. H. LEAHY / IN TWO VOLUMES / VOL. I / PREFACE; lines 503-580 high Tragic Heroine's Lament At Death record
Heroic Romances of Ireland ACCORDING TO THE GLENN MASAIN VERSION / ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION; lines 4638-4720 high Lament After Killing A Friend Or Opponent record
Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 5898-6019 high Slayer Laments Slain Opponent record
Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 6021-6196 high Victor Laments The Slain Friend record
Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 6198-6279 high Hero's Lament For A Slain Opponent record
Heroic Romances of Ireland BOOK OF LEINSTER VERSION / THE LAMENT OF DEIRDRE OVER THE SONS OF USNACH / ACCORDING TO THE GLENN MASAIN VERSION / ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION; lines 4405-4561 high Lamenting Survivor Beside Slain Beloved And Kin record
Heroic Romances of Ireland BOOK OF LEINSTER VERSION / THE LAMENT OF DEIRDRE OVER THE SONS OF USNACH / ACCORDING TO THE GLENN MASAIN VERSION / ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION; lines 4563-4635 high Inconsolable Grief After Slain Companions Or Beloveds record
Heroic Romances of Ireland INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / THE EXILE OF THE SONS' OF USNACH / INTRODUCTION; lines 3883-3930 medium Lament After Tragic Death record
Heroic Romances of Ireland MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 9528-9700 high Fairy Women Lament As Origin Of A Named Wail record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 141 / PAGE 144 / PAGE 146 / PAGE 148; lines 8505-8564 medium Unrecognized Child Slain By Father record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 85 / THE EXILE OF THE SONS OF USNACH / PAGE 91 / PAGE 93; lines 7907-7968 medium Renowned Tragic Grave Of Heroine record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 93 / PAGE 95 / PAGE 97 / PAGE 98; lines 7989-8140 high Grief Anticipating Early Death record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 95 / PAGE 97 / PAGE 98 / PAGE 103; lines 8143-8164 medium Lament Over Being Left Behind record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 95 / PAGE 97 / PAGE 98 / PAGE 103; lines 8143-8164 medium Life Ending Grief record
Heroic Romances of Ireland Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION / TAIN BO FRAICH / PART II; lines 10427-10468 high Place Name Origin From Death Or Animal Sign record
Heroic Romances of Ireland THE EXILE OF THE SONS' OF USNACH / INTRODUCTION / THE EXILE OF THE SONS OF USNACH / BOOK OF LEINSTER VERSION; lines 4188-4331 high Mourning Beloved Refuses Joy And Sustenance record
Heroic Romances of Ireland THE EXILE OF THE SONS' OF USNACH / INTRODUCTION / THE EXILE OF THE SONS OF USNACH / BOOK OF LEINSTER VERSION; lines 4333-4402 high Lament For The Dead Beloved record
Heroic Romances of Ireland THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10095-10225 high Supernatural Female Lament For A Hero record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 14695-14801 high Warrior Band Mourning An Absent Lord record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII; lines 15481-15606 high Lament For The Land Defending Hero record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW; lines 8283-8384 high Slaughtered Band Of Youthful Allies record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11289-11433 high Lament Over A Slain Opponent record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11435-11617 high Lament For Slain Friend Opponent record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11619-11812 high Lament Over A Slain Sworn Companion record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 12191-12330 high Wife Brings Weapons And Performs Lament record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 12332-12386 high Lament For A Fallen Warrior record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XXIII / HERE FOLLOWETH THE TOOTH-FIGHT OF FINTAN / THE RED-SHAME OF MENN FOLLOWETH HERE / HERE FOLLOWETH THE ACCOUTREMENT OF THE CHARIOTEERS; lines 12670-12691 high Death From Shame After Others Die On One's Account record
Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

54 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Best Not To Be Born (1), Consolatory Comparison Of Bereaved Parents (1), Excessive Grief Leading To Violation Of Human And Divine Norms (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Iliad and The Odyssey. This is a deterministic summary of 54 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG / THE CROW AND THE RAVEN / THE WITCH / THE OLD MAN AND DEATH; lines 4996-5007 high Wish For Death Reversed By Fear Of Death record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE HUNTER AND THE HORSEMAN / THE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATS / THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE SWALLOW / THE TRAVELLER AND FORTUNE; lines 5344-5365 high Place Of Past Suffering Revives Painful Memory record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE LION AND THE WILD ASS / THE MAN AND THE SATYR / THE IMAGE-SELLER / THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW; lines 2625-2635 high Dying Animal Laments The Manner Of Its Death record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE ROGUE AND THE ORACLE / THE HORSE AND THE ASS / THE DOG CHASING A WOLF / GRIEF AND HIS DUE; lines 5224-5249 high Personified Grief Fed By Mourning record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH / THE MAN, THE HORSE, THE OX, AND THE DOG / THE WOLVES, THE SHEEP, AND THE RAM / THE SWAN; lines 4582-4606 high Song Reserved For The Moment Before Death record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS / FRAGMENTS OF UNKNOWN POSITION; lines 5025-5104 medium Ritual Lament For A Named Figure record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST; lines 8642-8754 high Best Not To Be Born record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE WAR OF THE TITANS / THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI; lines 7681-7705 high Mourning After Destruction Of Homeland record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20224-20361 high Parental Supplication To Avert Heroic Death record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20224-20361 high Public Lamentation Over Slain Warrior record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20363-20504 high Parental Supplication Before A Hero's Fatal Combat record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20781-20906 high Ominous Hearing Of Public Lament Before Recognition Of Death record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20781-20906 high Parental Lament For A Dead Hero record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20909-20966 high Orphaned Child Deprived By The Father’s Death record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20909-20966 high Widow’s Lament For The Fallen Husband record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22139-22276 high Excessive Grief Leading To Violation Of Human And Divine Norms record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22571-22712 medium Fatherly Supplication For Mercy From A Killer Or Enemy record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22976-23120 high Consolatory Comparison Of Bereaved Parents record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22976-23120 high Metamorphosis Into Enduring Mourning Landmark record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 23122-23268 high Collective Lamentation For A Fallen Defender record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 13285-13395 high Mourning Father And Unavenged Son record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21344-21448 high Grieving Animals At A Hero's Death record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21729-21864 high Former Heroic Strength Contrasted With Old Age record
The Iliad BOOK XXII, The Death of Hector high Fate Lament record
The Iliad THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 7194-7338 medium Lament Of Guilt And Future Infamy record
The Iliad THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 7194-7338 high Woman On Tower Watching Battle And Fearing For Absent Husband record
The Iliad THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5684-5812 high Loss Of Heirs Extinguishing Household Continuity record
The Iliad THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 6234-6371 high Pathos Of Slain Young Warriors Through Genealogy And Simile record
The Iliad THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 5358-5482 high Young Warrior Cut Down Like A Tree record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15646-15779 high Mistaken Return Or Presence Through Another's Armor record
The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18478-18606 high Lament Over The Dead Companion record
The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18478-18606 high Mourning Fast Before Renewed Combat record
The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18608-18748 high Lament For Fallen Companion And Endangered Kin record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25077-25187 high Animal Mourning For Human Master Or Companions record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25189-25329 high Mourning Animal In Funeral Procession record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25487-25616 medium Beautiful Youth With Untimely Death record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25618-25679 medium Lament For The Fallen Hero record
The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17412-17542 high Heroic Grief Expressed Through Bodily Abasement record
The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17412-17542 high Messenger Announces The Death Of A Beloved Companion record
The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17412-17542 high Sea Nymph Mourning Procession record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16454-16585 medium Youth Cut Down Like An Uprooted Tree record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 17006-17145 high Immortal Horses Mourning A Dead Hero record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 17147-17284 medium Prayer For Visible Death In Daylight record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 17286-17409 high Grieving Messenger Sent To Tell A Beloved Warrior Of Death record
The Odyssey BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1561-1661 high Wealth Gained Abroad Overshadowed By Grief And Loss record
The Odyssey BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1663-1760 high Mourning Interrupted Or Postponed For The Meal record
The Odyssey BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 2135-2239 high Maternal Lament For Absent Endangered Son record
The Odyssey BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 2241-2286 high Unknown Fate Of Absent Husband record
The Odyssey BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5171-5269 high Unresolved Heroic Quarrel Persists After Death record
The Odyssey BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.; lines 6196-6288 high Loyal Servant Mourns The Absent Master record
The Odyssey BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10534-10622 high Grieving Parent Mourns Absent Son As Dead record
The Odyssey THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII; lines 3295-3396 high Song Reveals Hidden Grief Of The Hero record
The Odyssey THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII; lines 3787-3798 medium Grief For Lost Kinsman Or Comrade record
The Odyssey ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS. / BOOK XV; lines 6834-6930 high Grief For Absent Kin Leading To Decline Or Death record
Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

46 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Hero Threatens Landscape In Grief (1), One Death Dooms A Dependent Family (1), Sorrow Figured As Overwhelming Water (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki and Maha-bharata. This is a deterministic summary of 46 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Maha-bharata BOOK III / RAJASUYA / BOOK IV / DYUTA; lines 2082-2146 high Communal Female Mourning record
Maha-bharata BOOK III / RAJASUYA / BOOK IV / DYUTA; lines 2082-2146 high Maternal Lament At Separation From Exiled Children record
Maha-bharata BOOK VI / GO-HARANA / BOOK VII / UDYOGA; lines 3821-3930 medium Prophecy Like Lament For Ruined Survivors record
Maha-bharata BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 4368-4509 high Slain Son Mourned And Avenged By Father record
Maha-bharata BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 4972-5112 high Lament Over The Fallen Warrior By Mother And Widow record
Maha-bharata BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 5256-5362 high Disciple Mourning Slain Teacher record
Maha-bharata BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 5963-6113 high Post Battle Funeral Lament By Bereaved Women record
Maha-bharata BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 5963-6113 high Royal Seclusion Overturned By Grief record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Maha-bharata BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 6115-6263 high Mourning Over The Slain Royal Warrior record
The Ramayan of Valmiki BOOK II. / Canto I. The Heir Apparent. / Canto VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot.; lines 11511-11685 medium Grief Death Of The Royal Father record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Book II, Cantos CXII-CXIV: The Sandals; Bharat's Return; Bharat's Departure medium City Mourns Absent Ruler record
The Ramayan of Valmiki CONTENTS / INVOCATION.(1) / BOOK I.(6) / OM.(8); lines 1157-1236 high Grief Transformed Into Poetic Form record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CII. Lakshman Healed. / Canto CVI. Glory To The Sun. / Canto CVIII. The Battle. / Canto CIX. The Battle.; lines 55400-55568 medium Fallen Royal Tree Lament record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CII. Lakshman Healed. / Canto CVI. Glory To The Sun. / Canto CVIII. The Battle. / Canto CIX. The Battle.; lines 55571-55736 high Lament Over The Fallen King record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit. / Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council.; lines 44487-44551 high Aged Hero Recalls Lost Youthful Power record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 36863-36876 medium Grief Leading To Speech record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 36863-36876 medium Lament Beside Water record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 37043-37151 high Spring Landscape Intensifies Separation Lament record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming. / Canto LXVII. The Praise Of Kings. / Canto LXVIII. The Envoys.; lines 20345-20494 high Son's Prostrate Lament For Deceased Father record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming. / Canto LXVII. The Praise Of Kings. / Canto LXVIII. The Envoys.; lines 20622-20786 medium Tears As Heavenly Sign Of Grief record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence.; lines 12864-12981 high Mother Son Grief At Separation record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40089-40239 high Widow’s Lament Over Fallen Warrior King record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40397-40571 high Lament Over The Fallen Warrior King record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40397-40571 high Widow’s Lament Beside The Body record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40574-40724 high Remorse After A Brother's Death record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40726-40834 high Widow’s Lament Over The Dead King record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XC. The Hermitage. / Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned.; lines 23974-24121 high Mourning Messenger Brings News Of Royal Death record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned. / Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation.; lines 24124-24238 medium Ritual Procession Of Mourners record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned. / Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation.; lines 24240-24301 high Public Grief Echoing Through Nature record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge. / Canto XXVI. The Coronation. / Canto XXVIII. The Rains.; lines 41299-41435 high Grieving Hero On Mountain Height record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 54021-54176 high Lament For A Fallen Warrior Kinsman record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 35101-35228 medium Hero Threatens Landscape In Grief record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.; lines 15788-15957 high Farewell Lament Of The Royal Household record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.; lines 16275-16414 high Maternal Lament Over Loss Of The Cherished Son record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.; lines 16589-16666 medium Natural World Mourns A Beloved Figure’s Departure record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt.; lines 16966-17020 high Cessation Of Ritual, Festivity, And Commerce In Mourning record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 18527-18693 high Beloved Hero Mourned By City And Nature record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 18527-18693 medium Empty Vehicle As Sign Of Absent Hero record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 18695-18867 medium Sorrow Figured As Overwhelming Water record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 18972-19059 medium Past Guilt Returning During Present Grief record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 19062-19231 high One Death Dooms A Dependent Family record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 19233-19377 high Dependent Blind Parents Lose Their Only Guide record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 19233-19377 high Mourning Parents Touch The Slain Child record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 19553-19673 medium Mourner As Fallen Heavenly Body record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 19553-19673 high Women’s Lament Over A Dead Ruler record
The Ramayan of Valmiki H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 63467-63548 medium Animals Lamenting A Slain Human Companion record
Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

33 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Bereaved Father Mourning A Fallen Son (1), Bereaved Mother Laments Last Child And Ruined House (1), Dying Swan Song As Image For Lament (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV and The Aeneid of Virgil. This is a deterministic summary of 33 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6015-6072 high Grief Weakening Warriors Before Battle record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6015-6072 high Mother's Lament For Slain And Unburied Son record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 1239-1316 high Doomed Aged King Arms Himself During The Fall Of The City record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6694-6752 high Return Of The Fallen Son To The Grieving Father record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 7020-7079 high Grieving Parent Returns To Battle Seeking Death Or Vengeance record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7082-7165 high Fallen Youth Compared To A Plucked Flower record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7082-7165 high Heroic Lament And Escorted Return Of A Fallen Youth record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7167-7255 high Bereaved Father Mourning A Fallen Son record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 223-315 high Leader’s Consoling Speech After Communal Catastrophe record
The Aeneid of Virgil PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 493-570 high Foreign Sanctuary Preserves Memory Of Homeland Suffering record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11457-11570 high Grief Transformed Into Water record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10199-10275 high False Death Report Leading To Mistaken Mourning Rites record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10504-10595 high Mistaken Killing Of One’s Own Child record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12386-12480 high Mistaken Killing Of Beloved During Hunt record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5286-5376 high Echoed Lament And Farewell record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7033-7078 high Mistaken Hunting Kill Of A Child record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1211-1328 high Grief At Body, Ashes, Tomb, And Name record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4263-4355 high Perpetual Mourning Assigned To Transformed Being record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4357-4418 high Tree Emblem Of Mortal Fragility record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8260-8334 medium Refusal To Praise An Enemy Because Of Remembered Kin Slaying record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2323-2391 medium Appeal To Hostile Divinity For Death As Relief record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9235-9321 high Bereaved Mother Laments Last Child And Ruined House record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9323-9399 medium Cosmic Or Atmospheric Mourning For A Slain Child record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9323-9399 high Grieving Mother Turns To Vengeance For A Murdered Child record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8860-8963 high Posthumous Inscribed Flower Of Lament record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11033-11116 medium Grieving Spouse Fading After Loss record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11118-11219 high Dying Swan Song As Image For Lament record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11118-11219 high Grieving Beloved Wastes Away And Vanishes record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4951-5033 high Attempted Suicide Interrupted By Caregiver record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6762-6840 high Unaware Supplication For One Already Dead record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7108-7175 medium Shared Epitaph As Marital Memorial record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7293-7322 medium Grief Driven Plunge Into Water record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 297-312 high Mourning Musician Whose Song Moves Nature record
Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

16 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Aetiology Of Pearls And Bird Plumage From A Hero's Tears (1), Aging Singer Laments Loss Of Voice (1), Mourning Spouse Attempts To Replace The Dead Beloved With An Artificial Bride (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 16 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 16687-16864 high Self Blame For Destruction Of Kin record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17230-17414 high Mourning Mother Imagines Son In The Realm Of Death record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18547-18733 high Orphaned Wanderer’s Lament record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 19288-19476 high Refusal And Reversal Of Mourning Among Kin record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 19478-19651 high Mourning Or Sentient Landscape record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 19654-19843 high Mourning Spouse Attempts To Replace The Dead Beloved With An Artificial Bride record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 20223-20369 medium Unseen Lament Heard At Threshold Of Journey record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21100-21292 high Aetiology Of Pearls And Bird Plumage From A Hero's Tears record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 22275-22460 high Speaking Tree Lamenting Human Use And Seasonal Suffering record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 11875-12035 medium Aging Singer Laments Loss Of Voice record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 13133-13316 high Daughter Lamenting Bad Marital Placement By Mother record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 13133-13316 high Violent Retaliation After Overheard Lament record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 2758-2930 high Lament Comparing Joy To Free Flowing Water And Sorrow To Frozen Or Imprisoned Water record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 2758-2930 high Wish For Non Birth Or Infant Death In Maiden’s Lament record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 3107-3295 medium Threefold Lamenting Birds record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 3884-4071 medium Lament Of Stranded Hero Recognized And Answered record
Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

13 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Lament For Beloved Speaking Bird (1), Mortality Of Companions And Remembrance With Wine (1), Uncertainty Of Death Place Or Burial Place (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and The Mesnevi. This is a deterministic summary of 13 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Mystics and Saints of Islam CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI / APPENDIX I / MOHAMMEDAN CONVERSIONS; lines 5305-5393 high Recognition Followed By Reversal Of Life record
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz FROM THE DIVAN OF HAFIZ / XVIII / XXIII / XXVII; lines 2305-2334 high Grief Overflowing As Blood And Water record
The Mesnevi OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 9210-9302 medium Lament For Beloved Speaking Bird record
The Mesnevi THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 3518-3642 high Lament Voiced Through Natural Material And Instrument record
The Sufism of the Rubáiyát, or, the Secret of the Great Paradox The Sufism of the Rubáiyát, or, the Secret of the Great Paradox / PREFACE / THE AUTHOR. / NOTES; lines 1630-1725 high Death As Final Sleep Watched By Nature record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 7843-8069 high Mortality Of Companions And Remembrance With Wine record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXVII. / LXXXVI. / XCIX. / CVII.; lines 4636-4664 high Grief As Futile Tears Of Blood record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15304-15431 high Uncertainty Of Death Place Or Burial Place record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam OF THE / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / OMAR KHAYYAM / ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA; lines 716-809 high Death Memorial Covered By Living Flowers record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam PAGE 7. / PAGE 7. / IN THE NOTES. / XVIII.; lines 4435-4470 medium Lamenting Or Questioning Bird At An Abandoned Seat Of Power record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XCVI. / XCIX. / APPENDIX. / PAGE 4.; lines 4371-4396 medium Destruction In The Furnace Of Grief record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XIII. / XVII. / XVIII. / XXII.; lines 2608-2622 high Departed Companions Precede The Speaker Into Death record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XLIV. / XLVIII. / LVIII. / LXIII.; lines 3552-3652 high Life's Transience And Irreversible Death record
Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Family Reunion After Mourning (1), Rain As Divine Weeping (1), Honored Hero Cremation With Precious Container And Companion Burial (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 10487-10546 high Family Reunion After Mourning record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 7524-7533 high Suicide After Catastrophic Loss record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome OCEANUS. / NEREUS. / PROTEUS. / GLAUCUS.; lines 3469-3487 medium Immortality Experienced As Lamentation record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9687-9774 high Honored Hero Cremation With Precious Container And Companion Burial record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE NAIADES. / DRYADES, OR TREE NYMPHS. / NYMPHS OF THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. / NAPAEAE AND OREADES.; lines 5415-5467 high Rain As Divine Weeping record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO.; lines 2529-2596 high Mourner Transformed Into Weeping Stone record
Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Dying Hero Arranges Successor Relationship For His Bride (1), Mourner's Tears Released By Contact With The Dead (1), Tears Of Mourning Bind Or Disturb The Dead (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas and The Poetic Edda. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY / CHAPTER X: FREYA; lines 4986-5124 high Grief Tears Transformed Into Precious Substances record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7698-7821 medium Cosmic Mourning After A Divine Death record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10444-10568 medium Mourner's Tears Released By Contact With The Dead record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9644-9745 high Tears Of Mourning Bind Or Disturb The Dead record
The Poetic Edda HELGAKVITHA HJORVARTHSSONAR / THE LAY OF HELGI THE SON OF HJORVARTH / INTRODUCTORY NOTE / OF HJORVARTH AND SIGRLIN; lines 11252-11299 medium Dying Hero Arranges Successor Relationship For His Bride record
Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Funeral Lament Followed By Sudden Love For The Widow (1), Death From Grief And Blame After Destruction Of Two Lands (1), Grave Growth Sign Controlling Remarriage (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 3263-3311 high Misinterpreted Lament Provokes Jealous Suspicion record
The Mabinogion C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 3930-4021 high Grave Growth Sign Controlling Remarriage record
The Mabinogion CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN; lines 713-797 high Funeral Lament Followed By Sudden Love For The Widow record
The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6843-6935 high Death From Grief And Blame After Destruction Of Two Lands record
Japanese

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Japanese, this family appears through Hypocritical Mourner With False Tears (1), Bereaved Child Discovers Slain Parent (1), Dying Mother Addresses Daughter (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Japanese Fairy Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Japanese Fairy Tales THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3178-3288 medium Dying Mother Addresses Daughter record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5182-5293 medium Bereaved Child Discovers Slain Parent record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5295-5401 high Hypocritical Mourner With False Tears record
Japanese Fairy Tales THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE; lines 6128-6233 medium Hero Mourns Sacrificed Beloved And Place Name Preserves Memory record
Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Comic Reversal Of Mourning (1), Impermanence Of Glory After A Great Teacher’s Death (1), Separation Causing Refusal Of Food And Care (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 and The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 END OF THE STORY OF THE DOG. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BHOJA THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD.; lines 11244-11360 high Separation Causing Refusal Of Food And Care record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4293-4363 high Impermanence Of Glory After A Great Teacher’s Death record
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE CUNNING CRANE AND THE CRAB / UNION IS STRENGTH / SILENCE IS GOLDEN / THE GREAT YELLOW KING AND HIS PORTER; lines 1882-1929 medium Comic Reversal Of Mourning record
Persian

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Persian, this family appears through Dead Ruler Still Looking Toward Lost Possessions (1), Mourning Expressed Through Embracing And Kissing The Deceased Warrior’s Horse And Equipment (1), Prolonged Mourning Without Relief Leading To Physical Collapse/death (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Persian Literature, Volume 1 and The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Persian Literature, Volume 1 THE SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM / INVASION OF IRN BY AFRSIYB / THE RETURN OF KAI-KS / STORY OF SOHRB; lines 7091-7112 high Mourning Expressed Through Embracing And Kissing The Deceased Warrior’s Horse And Equipment record
Persian Literature, Volume 1 THE SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM / INVASION OF IRN BY AFRSIYB / THE RETURN OF KAI-KS / STORY OF SOHRB; lines 7091-7112 high Prolonged Mourning Without Relief Leading To Physical Collapse/death record
The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan THE GULISTAN / SA'DI / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I; lines 244-333 high Dead Ruler Still Looking Toward Lost Possessions record
Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Innocent Victim Killed And Later Regretted (1), Hidden Suffering Revealed By Bodily Scars (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1740-1858 high Hidden Suffering Revealed By Bodily Scars record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 931-1034 high Innocent Victim Killed And Later Regretted record
Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Funeral Or Mourning Rite For Insects Or Animals (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 3037-3115 high Funeral Or Mourning Rite For Insects Or Animals record
Daoist

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Daoist, this family appears through Compassionate Lament For Condemned Outcasts (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer KNOWLEDGE TRAVELS NORTH. / CHAPTER XXIII. / CHAPTER XXIV. / CHAPTER XXV.; lines 11217-11365 medium Compassionate Lament For Condemned Outcasts record
Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Mourning After Loss Of Protectors (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II.; lines 2714-2762 medium Mourning After Loss Of Protectors record
Converges

Shared Structure

The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Finnish/Karelian leans toward Aetiology Of Pearls And Bird Plumage From A Hero's Tears; Hindu leans toward Hero Threatens Landscape In Grief; Celtic Irish leans toward Battle Halted By The Arrival Of A Grieving Queen Woman; Greek leans toward Best Not To Be Born; Roman leans toward Bereaved Father Mourning A Fallen Son; Japanese leans toward Hypocritical Mourner With False Tears.

Comparison Mode

Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.
ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 46 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 54 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 54 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 3 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 46 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 1 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 55 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 5 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 4 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 16 tagged occurrences