Motif
martial sport feat as boast and challenge
martial_sport_feat_as_boast_and_challenge
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN / CHAPTER V. THE HELP OF THE MEN OF DEA / CHAPTER VI. THE MARCH OF THE FIANNA / CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS; lines 7591-7650 confidence: high
Dolar Durba performs feats with hurling stick and ball across the strand, boasts, challenges the men of Ireland to match him, and every day kills a hundred men sent against him.
After killing a hundred men, Dolar Durba uses a hurling stick and ball to perform extraordinary feats, then boasts and challenges the men of Ireland to do likewise.
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