Motif
Combat with guardian and guardian's sons
combat_with_guardian_and_guardian_s_sons
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 2092-2203 confidence: high
At the Hill of Miochaoin, the guardian Miochaoin comes toward them; Brian attacks him, and the fight ends with Miochaoin's fall.
At the Hill of Miochaoin, Brian fights the named guardian, and the sons of Tuireann then fight Miochaoin's three sons with fatal spear-wounds.
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