Motif
Rival armies hosted together in one hall
rival_armies_hosted_together_in_one_hall
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.
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1 traditions
celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland MAC DATHO'S BOAR / INTRODUCTION / MAC DATHO'S BOAR / FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.); lines 2185-2315 confidence: high
Mac Datho has planned that both armies arrive at his palace on the same day; he greets them and invites them into the court of the house.
Mac Datho deliberately brings two enemy hosts to his palace on the same day and seats them in opposite halves of the same house.
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