Motif
outnumbered defenders facing successive foreign champions
outnumbered_defenders_facing_successive_foreign_champions
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.
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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 7824-7919 confidence: high
Finn sends Fergus to count the Fianna; Fergus reports one battalion in good order, with some men able to fight against many opponents, and Finn sends him to summon the King of the World.
Only one ordered battalion of the Fianna remains, while foreign champions come forward one after another to attack them.
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