Motif
Fatal single combat at a ford
fatal_single_combat_at_a_ford
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.
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celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 5898-6019 confidence: high
Cuchulain and Ferdia fight with swords; Ferdia catches Cuchulain off guard and wounds him, so that blood streams to his girdle and reddens the soil of the ford.
The central action is a duel between Cuchulain and Ferdia at a ford, ending with Ferdia's death.
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