Motif
pre-combat arming and approach to the ford
pre_combat_arming_and_approach_to_the_ford
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Battle Preparation and Ritual. 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 10223-10351 confidence: high
Ferdiad asks for chariot poles and coverings so he may sleep; the servant warns of beasts, promises to keep watch, unharnesses the horses, spreads the chariot cloths, and guards him while he sleeps.
The passage structures the impending duel through Ferdiad's sleep and arming, Cuchulain's harnessing of the chariot, and the movement of both toward the ford.
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