Motif
Destined weapon against an otherwise invulnerable enemy
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY; lines 7960-8038 confidence: high
Tadg's wife says Daire Donn would defeat all living men, no weapons can be reddened on him, and prophecy says he can fall only by the shield and sword made by the smith of the Fomor on the night he was born, now kept by the King of the Country of the Fair Men.
Daire Donn is said to be unharmed by ordinary weapons and fated to fall only by the Fomor smith's sword and shield.
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