Motif
Cattle-demand as trigger in a cattle-driving narrative
cattle_demand_as_trigger_in_a_cattle_driving_narrative
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.
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celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland INTRODUCTION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 11988-12117 confidence: medium
Ailill Finn refuses to host Fergus because Flidais loves him; Fergus asks for cows, Ailill Finn refuses the cows but offers lesser food, and Fergus rejects it as no honour-gift.
The passage is headed as the driving of Flidais’s cattle, and within it Fergus asks Ailill Finn for cows to sustain an exiled troop.
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