Motif
honourable death posture requested by defeated warrior
honourable_death_posture_requested_by_defeated_warrior
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN; lines 7698-7840 confidence: high
Loch asks Cuchulain to step back and let him rise so he can fall on his face to the east, not on his back to the west, lest the warriors of Erin say he retreated or fled.
Loch requests to fall face east rather than back west so that the warriors of Erin will not say he fled, and Cuchulain grants it as a warrior's prayer.
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