Motif
protected survivor returned to halt a warrior's fury
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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Battle Fury and Aristeia. 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 HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU / XXIII / HERE FOLLOWETH THE TOOTH-FIGHT OF FINTAN; lines 12389-12451 confidence: high
Fintan's people offer three battles, kill thrice their own number, and all fall except Fintan and Crimthann; Crimthann is saved under a canopy of shields by Ailill and Medb and separated from Fintan.
Crimthann is saved by Ailill and Medb, then returned to Fintan as part of an agreement that stops Fintan's attacks until a later battle.
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