Motif
champions hurl stones across a battlefield
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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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 6556-6677 confidence: high
Stones come from east and west, meet in the air, and fall between the camps while the hosts shield themselves until the plain is full of boulders, giving the name Mag Clochair.
Curoi and Munremar's contest is represented through massive stones meeting in the air and falling among camps until the army asks them to stop.
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