Motif
Cattle raid and recovery expedition
cattle_raid_and_recovery_expedition
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.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
celtic irish (1) · hindu (1)
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE PRELUDES TO THE RAID OF CUALGNE / APPENDIX / TAIN BO FRAICH / INTRODUCTION; lines 8689-8790 confidence: high
The passage identifies “The Tain bo Fraich” as “the Driving of the Cattle of Fraech.”
The title identifies the tale with cattle-driving, and the introduction says Fraech travels to recover stolen cattle.
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hindu
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2: Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 SECTION XXXIV / SECTION XXXV / SECTION XXXVI / SECTION XXXVII; lines 2897-2985 confidence: high
The princess tells Vrihannala that the Kurus are driving away the cattle, her brother lacks a charioteer, Sairindhri has praised Vrihannala’s horse-management, and she will give up her life if he refuses.
The Kurus are said to be driving away the kingdom’s cattle, and prince Uttara departs with Vrihannala to fight them and recover the bovine wealth.
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