Motif
kinship loyalty opposed to heroic honour
kinship_loyalty_opposed_to_heroic_honour
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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1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / SPECIAL NOTE; lines 6466-6489 confidence: high
The situation is based on the "strength of the tie of blood-brotherhood," which almost balances old Irish heroic personal honour and warrior pre-eminence.
The passage explicitly contrasts the tie of blood-brotherhood with the ideal of personal honour and warrior pre-eminence.
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