Motif
honourable refusal to fight a wounded opponent
honourable_refusal_to_fight_a_wounded_opponent
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Battle Fury and Aristeia. 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH THE ACCOUTREMENT OF THE CHARIOTEERS / HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW; lines 12872-12949 confidence: high
Curoi is told that one man has checked four of the five provinces of Erin through the winter, and he sets out to the host to fight Cuchulain.
Curoi comes to fight Cuchulain but refuses because Cuchulain is already badly wounded from a prior combat.
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