Motif
combat so intense it alters the landscape and terrifies witnesses
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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Battle Fury and Aristeia. 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 XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11059-11169 confidence: high
Their close combat brings heads, feet, and hands together; shields split; spears bend and shiver; supernatural beings scream from weapons; the river is forced from its bed; horses and camp followers flee in fear.
The fighters’ closeness drives the river out of its course and frightens horses, women, children, pygmy-folk, the weak, and madmen out through the camp.
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