Motif
accused warrior answers dishonor with combat challenge
accused_warrior_answers_dishonor_with_combat_challenge
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 STORY OF SOHRB / THE STORY OF SAIWUSH / KAI-KHOSRU / AKWN DW; lines 9416-9485 confidence: high
Afrsiyb distrusts the speech and charges falsehood and cowardice; Byzun cites wild boar, lion, and battle experience, challenges five hundred Trnians, and invokes Rustem as avenger.
When called cowardly, Byzun cites past combats and challenges Afrsiyb to arm him against five hundred Trnians.
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