Motif
capture of wild creatures alive as wonder-feat
capture_of_wild_creatures_alive_as_wonder_feat
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal 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 PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3817-3944 confidence: high
Cuchulain asks whether bringing the deer dead or alive would be best in Ulster's eyes; Ibar answers that alive would be more wonderful but says Cuchulain cannot do it.
Cuchulain asks whether live capture would be more wonderful than dead taking and then captures deer alive; a parallel question is asked about the swans before he takes them with sling-feats.
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