Motif
incited conflict between paired champions
incited_conflict_between_paired_champions
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 10948-11057 confidence: medium
The narrator praises the two men with parallel titles and says they are brought together to slay one another or one of them through the dissension and incitement of Ailill and Medb.
The narrator repeatedly pairs the warriors with parallel titles and states that Ailill and Medb's dissension and incitement bring them into a lethal encounter.
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