Motif
oath-bound companions forced into fatal combat
oath_bound_companions_forced_into_fatal_combat
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 6021-6196 confidence: high
"To Scathach, glorious mother, / Our words, when boys, we passed; / No harm for each from other / Should come while time should last."
Cuchulain recalls an oath that no harm should arise between him and Ferdia, yet the passage occurs after Cuchulain has slain Ferdia in combat.
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