Motif
enemy's ambiguous warning
enemy_s_ambiguous_warning
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 12801-12890 confidence: medium
Diarmuid meets Finn alone on Beinn Gulbain. Finn says a hound followed a wild boar, the boar has often escaped the Fianna and killed thirty that morning, and identifies it as the earless Green Boar by which Diarmuid will die. Finn says Angus had put bonds on Diarmuid not to hunt pigs. Diarmuid refuses to leave and accuses Finn of arranging the hunt for his death.
Finn warns Diarmuid about the boar and advises retreat, while Diarmuid accuses Finn of making the hunt for his death.
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