Motif
Impossible or conditional riding challenge
impossible_or_conditional_riding_challenge
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Contests, Games, and Formal Challenges. 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 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: high
Conan mounts and strikes his heels into the horse, but it will not move; Finn says it will not stir until it has the same weight of horsemen as the big man.
Conan mounts and urges the horse, but it will not stir until it has the same weight of horsemen as the Gilla Decair.
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