Motif
Humiliating service inversion for a warrior
humiliating_service_inversion_for_a_warrior
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Concealed Identity, Humiliation, and Revelation. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE / CHAPTER IV. THE HARD SERVANT; lines 10866-10961 confidence: medium
Conan halters and leads back the horse; Finn observes that Conan would not have done horse-boy service for one of the Fianna and advises him to ride the horse through Ireland until it is broken.
Conan, a member of the Fianna, performs horse-boy work by haltering and leading the stranger's horse, and Finn remarks that Conan would not have done such service for one of the Fianna.
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