Motif
secret decisive weapon withheld from shared martial knowledge
secret_decisive_weapon_withheld_from_shared_martial_knowledge
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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 XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11171-11287 confidence: high
Cuchulain and Ferdiad reveal secret martial knowledge except for Cuchulain's Gae Bulga; fairy friends wound Ferdiad; Ferdiad kills Dolb and Indolb, and a verse names the ford in relation to the fallen.
The fighters exchange secret cunning, but Cuchulain's Gae Bulga remains the exception and is later requested in combat.
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