Motif
ancestral blood vengeance leading to war
ancestral_blood_vengeance_leading_to_war
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
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 THE DREAM OF SM / RDBEH / DEATH OF MINCHIHR / NAUDER; lines 3192-3288 confidence: high
In Trn, Poshang hears of Minchihr's death, Nauder's injustice, and Persian disaffection; he sees an opportunity to avenge Slim and Tr, summons Afrsiyb, and an army is collected against Nauder.
Poshang urges Afrsiyb to avenge the blood of Slim and Tr and treats refusal to avenge ancestral blood as unworthy of the family.
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