Motif
Cattle raid resolved by treaty and restitution
cattle_raid_resolved_by_treaty_and_restitution
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 / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 11425-11461 confidence: high
A treaty is made on account of the fair young men who carried off the cattle and the fair maidens who went with them, through whom the herd escaped.
The young men are said to have carried off cattle; the herd escapes through the maidens, and restitution of the herd is awarded to Regamon by treaty.
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