Motif
heroic self-praise through beauty, wounds, and battle-triumph
heroic_self_praise_through_beauty_wounds_and_battle_triumph
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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 PAGE 71 / PAGE 76 / PAGE 78 / PAGE 79; lines 7752-7782 confidence: high
Cuchulain tells Emer that she will never find a hero so beautiful, so scarred with wounds, and so battle-triumphing as himself.
Cuchulain claims that Emer will never find a hero as beautiful, scarred with wounds, and battle-triumphing as himself.
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