Motif
fatal cattle raid and ambush
fatal_cattle_raid_and_ambush
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cattle Raid and Livestock 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland INTRODUCTION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10930-11027 confidence: high
The bracketed text has Orlam ask Dartaid to depart with him; she agrees, and the young men go away with the cows in their midst and Dartaid with them.
The Connaught party carries off cattle but is intercepted by Corp Liath and his warriors; most of the noble raiders die while a small remnant escapes with the cattle.
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