Motif
companions secretly depart and are slain before the hero's duel
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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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE HELP OF THE MEN OF DEA / CHAPTER VI. THE MARCH OF THE FIANNA / CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON; lines 7653-7737 confidence: high
The boy argues that courage brought his father fame, persuades the foster-brothers to leave, and while the king sleeps they take arms and travel through named regions to the White Strand.
The twelve foster-brothers leave with the boy, go to the strand without him or Finn knowing, and are reported killed by Dolar Durba.
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