Motif
queen-led foray and triumph
queen_led_foray_and_triumph
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge MY MOTHER / CONTENTS / PREFACE / WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE; lines 843-946 confidence: low
The passage says poems have taken their theme from the Tain and the deeds of Cuchulain and lists titles including The Foray of Queen Meave, The Old Age of Queen Maeve, The Defenders of the Ford, The Tain-Quest, and The Laughter of Scathach.
Titles cited in the passage include The Foray of Queen Meave, The Old Age of Queen Maeve, and The Triumph of Maeve.
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