Motif
heroes fighting back to back while surrounded
heroes_fighting_back_to_back_while_surrounded
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE; lines 9646-9708 confidence: high
Finn and Caoilte return to the lawn, face the visible Tuatha de Danaan, are attacked on all sides, and Goll leads others to help; Goll breaks through to Fionnbhar and kills him.
Finn and Caoilte turn their backs to one another and are attacked on all sides until help comes.
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