Motif
fatal combat caused by deception or inducement
fatal_combat_caused_by_deception_or_inducement
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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 11435-11617 confidence: medium
Cuchulain says Laeg, Fergus, and Conall might have warned or counselled Ferdiad, and that such men would not have obeyed the messages, orders, or false words of promise of the fair-haired women of Connacht.
Cuchulain says Ferdiad was deceived and abandoned, refers to false promises from Connacht women, and notes that Finnabair was shown to Ferdiad.
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