Motif
Hero goes to battle as to a love tryst
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural 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 THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / SPECIAL NOTE; lines 6372-6463 confidence: medium
The charioteer says Fer Diad will come with 'plaiting and haircutting and washing and bathing' and advises Cuchulain to seek the same adorning where Emer is; Cuchulain goes that night and spends it with his wife.
Cuchulain goes to Emer the night before the struggle, and the author explicitly characterizes the hero as faring forth to battle as a lover to a love tryst.
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