Motif
enemy healers compelled to treat a foe
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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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11815-11953 confidence: high
Cethern comes to Cuchulain to be healed; Cuchulain pities him, has a rush bed made, and orders Laeg to summon the leeches, threatening death and destruction if they do not minister to Cethern.
The leeches of the men of Erin are unwilling to cure Cethern because he is their enemy, but Cuchulain threatens them into coming.
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