Motif
self-invented feats surpassing known training
self_invented_feats_surpassing_known_training
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Strength, Weapon Skill, and Extraordinary Feats. 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 5681-5824 confidence: high
Ferdia displays noble, rapidly changing, wonderful feats of arms that he had not learned from nurse, tutor, Scathach, Uathach, or Aife, but invented for his battle with Cuchulain.
Both Ferdia and Cuchulain display feats said not to have been learned from named teachers but invented for this combat.
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