Motif
Contested division of a feast animal by martial precedence
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Causes of War. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland MAC DATHO'S BOAR / INTRODUCTION / MAC DATHO'S BOAR / FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.); lines 2185-2315 confidence: high
Conor and Ailill comment on the mighty boar and discuss its division; Bricriu proposes that the division be decided by each warrior's record in deeds of war and strife, and the proposal is accepted.
The boar's division is made subject to a test of each warrior's warlike deeds, and Ket claims the right to divide it unless an equal in renown is found.
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