Motif
Cattle raid as narrative frame
cattle_raid_as_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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge MY MOTHER / CONTENTS / PREFACE / WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE; lines 948-969 confidence: medium
"Here beginneth Tain Bo Cualnge"; "The Cualnge Cattle-raid"
The only explicit narrative content in the passage is the opening title identifying the work as a cattle-raid of Cualnge.
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