Motif
Advance champions seek first blood before the main host arrives
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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.
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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER / CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN / CHAPTER V. THE HELP OF THE MEN OF DEA / CHAPTER VI. THE MARCH OF THE FIANNA; lines 7458-7504 confidence: high
Caoilte, Oisin, and Lugaidh's Son decide to go ahead to the harbour so they can redden their hands in the foreigners' blood before the rest of the Fianna arrive.
Caoilte, Oisin, and Lugaidh's Son go ahead to the harbour specifically so they can redden their hands in the foreigners' blood before the rest of the Fianna arrive.
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