Motif
Protector refuses betrayal of one under his safeguard
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Hospitality and Treatment of Strangers. 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 BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 11828-11918 confidence: high
The Green Champions ask where the grandson of Duibhne is so they can bring his head to Finn; Diarmuid says he would be a bad guard if he told them and refuses treachery.
Diarmuid says the sought man's life and body are under the protection of his valour and refuses treachery.
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