Motif
former friendship broken before mortal duel
former_friendship_broken_before_mortal_duel
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 10948-11057 confidence: high
After fighting until evening, Cuchulain and Ferdiad stop, give arms to charioteers, part sadly without kiss or blessing, exchange no healing herbs, food, or drink, and their horses and charioteers remain separated.
The warriors part sadly without kiss, blessing, aid, food, or drink, and later are framed as brought together to slay each other.
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