Motif
minor cattle raid as prelude to greater cattle raid
minor_cattle_raid_as_prelude_to_greater_cattle_raid
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 THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / INTRODUCTION / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN; lines 11196-11299 confidence: high
A truce spares the youths; the maidens are pardoned as wives; the cattle are restored to Regamon; the maidens remain with Maev's sons; Regamon gives twenty cows to each spouse as dowry; the tale is named Tain bo Regamon and said to be sung before the Cualgne Raid.
The passage states that this tale is sung before the Cualgne Raid and links the resulting cattle provisions to those who led the Raid for the Cualgne Kine.
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