Motif
counsel to betray or encircle the hero
counsel_to_betray_or_encircle_the_hero
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW / THE SCYTHED CHARIOT; lines 8788-8903 confidence: high
"Men would be on every side, / That they soon might end his life"
A speaker advises setting men around the warrior to end his life, and Fergus explicitly treats the counsel as betrayal of Cuchulain to the hosts.
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