Motif
heroic defense against overseas raiders
heroic_defense_against_overseas_raiders
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 IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS / NOTES / I. THE APOLOGY / II. THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE STORIES OF THE FIANNA; lines 15340-15432 confidence: medium
Finn and his warriors are represented as guarding Ireland against attacks of overseas raiders called Lochlannac, whom narrators understood as Norsemen; Nutt links this to later Norse incursions rather than a third-century setting.
Finn and his warriors are described as guarding Ireland against attacks by overseas raiders.
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