Motif
feat of constrained bodily performance
feat_of_constrained_bodily_performance
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Strength, Weapon Skill, and Extraordinary Feats. 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 WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST; lines 2109-2255 confidence: high
Sualtaim leaves with warnings. Cuchulain enters the wood, cuts an oak sapling with one blow, makes a twig-ring using one foot, one hand, and one eye, writes ogam on it, and fixes it around the pillar-stone at Ard Cuillenn.
Cuchulain makes the withy-ring using only one foot, one hand, and one eye, and Fergus says a comparable feat would be required from the host.
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