Motif
champion single combat before armies
champion_single_combat_before_armies
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN / CHAPTER V. THE HELP OF THE MEN OF DEA / CHAPTER VI. THE MARCH OF THE FIANNA / CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS; lines 7507-7589 confidence: high
Finn arrives at the rath above the harbour; Oisin urges battle with all the foreigners, but Finn rejects this and orders daily combats between noble champions and opposing kings or chiefs.
Finn avoids a general battle and establishes a daily pattern of sending noble fighters against opposing kings or chief men.
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