Motif
cattle acquisition for army provisioning
cattle_acquisition_for_army_provisioning
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cattle Raid and Livestock 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland END OF VOL. I. / VOL. II / PREFACE TO VOL. II / INTRODUCTION IN VERSE; lines 8630-8686 confidence: high
Maev and Ailill plan how their hosts may best be fed as Ireland's armies move toward Cualgne.
Several listed episodes connect cattle, cows, or kine with feeding hosts or being won through raiding or guile.
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