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- Lame god. A128.5
- God represented with arrow of flames. A137.14.1.1
- Flames surround God's throne. A152.2
- Divinity departs in column of flame. A192.2.4
- Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame). A672
- A "flame of fire swifter than a blast of wind" as punishment for the sin of the Irish. A1031.1
- Origin of lamentations for the dead. A1547.3
- Animal cries a lament for person lost when animal was transformed. (Cf. A2260, A2425.) A2275.1
- Animal cries a lament over animal's transformation. (Cf. A2425, A2426.2.5.) A2275.2
- Why ravens have crooked legs and walk lame. A2371.2.3
- Hound flame of fire by night. B19.4.4
- Dog that is hound by day and flame of fire by night. B182.1.5
- Birds lament saint's departure. B251.2.9
- Transformation: tongue to flame. D457.14.2
- Oracular flame. (Cf. D1271.) D1311.5
- Lamp gives him who looks into its flame a vision of the Most High. (Cf. D1162.1.) D1323.19
- Flames draw person into them. (Cf. D1271.) D1412.3
- Self-generated flame. (Cf. D1276.) D1609.2
- Dung and wood burst into flames of their own accord. (Cf. D956, D1026.) D1649.4
- Magic power of the lame. D1716.2
Episodes
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 46 CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland · Ch. 88 CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS
- The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged · Tract 5: A Short Tract, or Philosophical Summary (Nicholas Flamel)
- The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) · THE LAMENT OF ODDRUN
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