Motif
armored or protected enemy defeated through a single exposed point
armored_or_protected_enemy_defeated_through_a_single_exposed_point
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Vulnerable body points, protective apertures, and altered vital anatomy. 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 VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7921-7957 confidence: high
Druimderg has the deadly inherited spear Croderg. Seeing the king's open mouth as the only unarmoured part, he casts the spear into it; the king falls, the shield's flame goes out, and Druimderg beheads him.
Druimderg can see no unarmoured part of Caisel except his open mouth, and he kills him by throwing the spear into that mouth.
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