Motif
battle disturbing the natural world
battle_disturbing_the_natural_world
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural 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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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
The fight casts the river from its bed and course, leaving almost no water except what falls from the two heroes as they trample and hew at each other.
The duel is so fierce that the river is cast from its bed and animals and camp followers flee in terror.
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