Motif
Combat at a ford
combat_at_a_ford
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
3 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 4803-4981 confidence: high
The men of Ireland choose Ferdia, a great champion, to fight Cuchulain; Ferdia and Cuchulain have the same teachers and similar battle skill, while Cuchulain has the Gae-bulg and Ferdia has horny skin-protecting armour.
The episode is framed as a ford-fight, with Ferdia summoned to face Cuchulain in battle at the Ford.
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Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 6198-6279 confidence: high
Laeg urges Cuchulain to quit the ford; Cuchulain calls Laeg his friend, agrees to depart, and says every other combat was light compared with the fight with Ferdia.
The ford is the named place from which Laeg urges departure and is repeatedly recalled in the recited stanzas as the place where Ferdia's steeds stayed and where he was laid low.
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Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 98 / PAGE 103 / PAGE 107 / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 8167-8195 confidence: low
THE COMBAT AT THE FORD
The section heading explicitly names a combat located at a ford.
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