Motif
mutual killing in single combat
mutual_killing_in_single_combat
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 VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7921-7957 confidence: high
Mongach attacks with an iron flail; the King of the Bretons' son cuts off his hands and cuts him in two, but the flail's thorned apple pierces Fidach's mouth and brain as Mongach falls, so both fall together.
Fidach kills Mongach with sword blows, but Mongach's falling flail simultaneously kills Fidach, and the two fall together.
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