Motif
all-weapons single combat at a ford
all_weapons_single_combat_at_a_ford
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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1 traditions
celtic irish
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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 5826-5896 confidence: high
Ferdia grants the weapon choice; Cuchulain chooses the Feat of the Ford; the note explains that all weapons were allowed; Ferdia agrees sorrowfully because Cuchulain has destroyed every hero and champion who faced him in that feat.
The named Feat of the Ford is chosen as the mode of combat and explained as allowing all weapons.
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