Motif
broken truce followed by failed mass attack
broken_truce_followed_by_failed_mass_attack
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Causes of War. 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 6423-6554 confidence: high
The host asks for a sword-truce through Lugaid. Cuchulain asks how he stands with the host. Men fall daily by Cuchulain; after faith is broken, twenty attack and are destroyed. Fergus is asked to obtain a change of place, and Medb later proposes a sword-pact for half the cattle.
After a week of daily deaths, faith is broken with Cuchulain; twenty are sent at one time, and he destroys them all.
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