Motif
exceptional weapon decides single combat
exceptional_weapon_decides_single_combat
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 11289-11433 confidence: high
Ferdiad wounds Cuchulain three times. Cuchulain calls to Laeg to ready the Gae Bulga. Ferdiad's charioteer blocks Laeg, but Laeg throws him down, binds him, fills the pool, stays the stream, sets the Gae Bulga, warns Cuchulain, and sends it along the stream.
The duel turns when Laeg prepares the Gae Bulga in the stream and Cuchulain casts it from his foot, penetrating Ferdiad's protections and causing his fall.
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