Motif
blood-brotherhood opposed to warrior honour
blood_brotherhood_opposed_to_warrior_honour
A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / SPECIAL NOTE; lines 6466-6489 confidence: high
The older redaction is said likely to resemble the younger in the opponents' chivalrous bearing; the situation is based on the strength of blood-brotherhood, nearly balancing warrior honour.
The passage explicitly frames the situation as a near balance between the tie of blood-brotherhood and the old Irish heroic ideal of personal honour and pre-eminence.
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