Motif
friend-against-friend combat
friend_against_friend_combat
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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Heroic Romances of Ireland A. H. LEAHY / IN TWO VOLUMES / VOL. I / PREFACE; lines 582-652 confidence: high
The Combat at the Ford is praised as old Irish work and described as an account of a struggle between two friends, with brilliant descriptions, chivalric sentiments, and rapid action.
The passage describes the Combat at the Ford as an account of a struggle between two friends.
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