Motif
Broken pact followed by intensified attack and destruction
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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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 6426-6557 confidence: high
A man falls each day to Cuchulain for a week; after faith is broken, twenty attack and are destroyed; Fergus is sent to request a change of place, and multiple named groups fall to Cuchulain in single combat at Cronech.
After faith is broken with Cuchulain, twenty are sent at once to attack him and he destroys them all; later he accepts a new bond only if it is not broken.
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