Motif
assistant enables the hero's decisive blow
assistant_enables_the_hero_s_decisive_blow
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11292-11436 confidence: high
Ferdiad's charioteer blocks Laeg; Laeg overpowers and binds him, then fills the pool, stays the stream, sets the Gae Bulga, warns Cuchulain, and sends the weapon along the stream.
Laeg removes the obstruction posed by Ferdiad's charioteer, prepares and sends the Gae Bulga, warns Cuchulain, and later rouses him from collapse.
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