Motif
cattle-driving narrative frame
cattle_driving_narrative_frame
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 THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / INTRODUCTION; lines 11464-11571 confidence: medium
The introduction identifies Tain bo Flidais, the Driving of the Cows of Flidais, and describes its manuscript witnesses: Leabhar na h-Uidhri, Book of Leinster, and the Egerton manuscript, with Windisch's text and translation noted.
The passage identifies the tale as the Driving of the Cattle or Cows of Flidais, but the selected introduction does not narrate the actual driving.
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