Motif
brother avenges fallen brother in battle
brother_avenges_fallen_brother_in_battle
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7824-7919 confidence: high
The armies keen Forne. Tocha, second son of the King of Lochlann, goes to avenge him, attacks the Fianna, fights Lugaidh's Son, and is killed when Lugaidh's Son cuts his heart in two halves.
Tocha goes to avenge Forne, and Mongach says he must seek satisfaction for the bodies of his brothers.
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