Motif
hero defeats successive pursuit animals and leaders
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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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Gods and Fighting Men BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11920-12019 confidence: high
When the first hound is loosed, Muadhan tells Diarmuid to follow Grania, takes a whelp from his belt, and the whelp kills the hound by leaping through it and bringing out its heart.
The three hounds are released in sequence and killed; Diarmuid then kills three leading men, causing the pursuers to flee.
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