Motif
elaborate destructive weapon of a champion
elaborate_destructive_weapon_of_a_champion
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 VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7824-7919 confidence: medium
Mongach of the Sea rises and says he, not the armies, must seek satisfaction for his brothers; he carries an iron flail with seven balls, fifty chains, fifty apples on each chain, and fifty deadly thorns on each apple, then rushes through the Fianna.
Mongach's iron flail is described with multiplied balls, chains, apples, and deadly thorns before his attack on the Fianna.
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