Motif
cattle raid and seizure of livestock
cattle_raid_and_seizure_of_livestock
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 LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / INTRODUCTION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS; lines 11809-11962 confidence: high
The raiders seize gold, silver, drinking vessels, ale vats, keys, bright robes, one hundred milk-giving cows, seven score oxen, and three thousand sheep and swine.
The victorious forces seize cattle and other livestock from the conquered castle, and the closing lines connect the episode to a later cattle-driving raid from Cualgne.
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