Motif
body moved to determine place of triumph
body_moved_to_determine_place_of_triumph
A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11289-11433 confidence: medium
Cuchulain carries Ferdiad with his arms, armour, and dress northwards over the ford, lays him on the ground, and swoons by his head. Laeg sees this and warns that the men of Erin are about to attack now that Ferdiad is fallen.
Cuchulain carries Ferdiad north over the ford so that the triumph will be there and not west of the ford with the men of Erin.
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