Motif
betrayed safe-conduct
betrayed_safe_conduct
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.
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1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE EXILE OF THE SONS' OF USNACH / INTRODUCTION / THE EXILE OF THE SONS OF USNACH / BOOK OF LEINSTER VERSION; lines 4188-4331 confidence: high
The sons call the news welcome, agree to come, ask for Fergus, Dubhtach, and Cormac as sureties, and are moved to pass over the sea.
The sons agree to return with named sureties, but Conor contrives to delay Fergus and arranges for the sons to be slain before appearing before him.
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