Motif
invulnerable or weapon-resistant warrior body
invulnerable_or_weapon_resistant_warrior_body
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Resistance to weapons, elemental ordeals, and hanging. 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 9434-9566 confidence: high
The passage says no champion except Cuchulain should fight Ferdiad; Cuchulain has the Gae Bulga, while Ferdiad has horn-skin thought able to resist weapons and edges.
Ferdiad's horn-skin is said to prevent weapons or edges from piercing him in combat.
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