Motif
Lone messenger after a rout
lone_messenger_after_a_rout
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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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Gods and Fighting Men BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 12021-12052 confidence: high
Diarmuid follows the opponents, killing and scattering them; only the Woman-messenger of the Black Mountain remains to tell the news, unless others escaped into forests, earth, or waters.
After Diarmuid kills and scatters the opponents, the Woman-messenger of the Black Mountain is the only remaining figure able to report the news to Finn.
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