Motif
bloodless battle
bloodless_battle
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 THE SCYTHED CHARIOT / XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON; lines 9076-9175 confidence: high
The passage calls the episode Fergus's White Battle, since no "blood on weapons" resulted, and then says the host marches past Cuchulain and camps in Crich Roiss.
The encounter is explicitly named the White Battle because no blood on weapons resulted from it.
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