Motif
disputed feast portion leading to battle
disputed_feast_portion_leading_to_battle
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 2466-2608 confidence: high
Conall gives Connaught only the boar's two forelegs. Connaught and Ulster rise against each other; bodies pile up inside the house and blood flows under the doors.
The division of the boar gives Connaught only the forelegs, after which Connaught and Ulster immediately rise and fight.
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