Motif
nearly invulnerable warrior
nearly_invulnerable_warrior
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Warrior Imagery and Radiance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 4983-5163 confidence: high
In verse, Fergus warns that Ferdia is fierce, trusts his blade, has horn plates protecting his side, and is hard to wound by spear or sword; Cuchulain replies with confidence and says bards will tell of their battle.
Fergus says Ferdia is protected by horn plates and that spear or sword cannot bite on him.
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Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 107 / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / PAGE 118 / PAGE 121; lines 8222-8284 confidence: high
Fergus describes Ferdiad with a "blood-red sword" and says "a horny skin is about Ferdiad."
Ferdiad is described as having horny skin, with spears unable to pierce him and swords unable to cut him.
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