Motif
Refusal of dangerous or improper food
refusal_of_dangerous_or_improper_food
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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 X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN / CHAPTER XIII. FINN AND THE PHANTOMS; lines 9960-10071 confidence: medium
The big grey man cuts at the horses, puts pieces of horse-flesh on fifty rowan-tree spits, serves the flesh raw, and threatens Finn after Finn refuses to eat it.
Finn refuses the raw horse-flesh served by the grey man, and the refusal triggers the attackers' threat and assault.
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