Motif
preventing the enemy survivor from carrying the tale home
preventing_the_enemy_survivor_from_carrying_the_tale_home
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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 IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY / CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT; lines 8221-8261 confidence: medium
Finnachta lifts the King of the World's body, brings it to his ship, and says he will go back to tell the tale in the East of the World.
Finn grieves that a foreigner remains alive to tell the story, and Cael pursues Finnachta, the intended bearer of the report.
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