Motif
battle between members of a warrior band
battle_between_members_of_a_warrior_band
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS; lines 12417-12432 confidence: medium
Diarmuid and Osgar move toward one another despite the Fianna between them; Diarmuid strikes down those in his way, and Osgar's spear-throwing scatters the Fianna with sounds compared to wind and falling water.
Conan frames the fighting as the sons of Baiscne killing one another, while Diarmuid and Osgar fight through the Fianna.
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