Motif
challenge contests at arrival among another people
challenge_contests_at_arrival_among_another_people
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Contests, Games, and Formal Challenges. 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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Gods and Fighting Men PART ONE: THE GODS. / BOOK ONE: THE COMING OF THE TUATHA DE DANAAN. / CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES; lines 966-1069 confidence: high
In the Fomor country, Bres's company comes to a gathering; as a friendly challenge, hounds and horses are matched, and the Tuatha de Danaan animals win.
When Bres's company arrives among the Fomor, strangers are given friendly challenges, and hounds and horses are matched in contests.
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