Motif
display of enemy body parts as trophies
display_of_enemy_body_parts_as_trophies
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 47 / PAGE 48 / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / PAGE 57; lines 7243-7261 confidence: low
The exhibition of tongue tips, compared to Indian scalps, is described as unrelated to the story, absent from usual descriptions, and possibly correct antiquarian information suggesting a barbaric earlier form of the legends.
The editor mentions an exhibition of tips of tongues and compares it to Indian scalps.
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