Motif
inside helper enables entry to enemy fort
inside_helper_enables_entry_to_enemy_fort
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland PART II / TAIN BO FRAICH / PART II / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10471-10576 confidence: high
A woman of Ulster descent welcomes them, warns that the serpent guarding the Liss is most troublesome, and says she will leave the Liss open at night.
A woman connected with the fort promises to leave the Liss open and avoid the milking, enabling the attack.
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