Motif
Marriage conditioned on cattle raid success
marriage_conditioned_on_cattle_raid_success
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cattle Raid and Livestock War. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland MORTALS / IMMORTALS / TAIN BO FRAICH / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH; lines 9702-9723 confidence: high
The parents tell Fraech to hear the woman's word, pledge troth, and redeem his oath when riding for Cualgne's cattle.
The marriage is explicitly set for the night the cattle from Cualgne reach the western land.
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