Motif
shared fosterage and arms preceding fatal conflict
shared_fosterage_and_arms_preceding_fatal_conflict
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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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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 11619-11812 confidence: medium
Cuchulain addresses Ferdiad: "Thou liest in thy bed of gore" and later mourns, "Woe is me, the friend is fall'n / Whom I pledged in red blood's draught."
Cuchulain's speech states that he and Ferdiad were Scathach's fosterlings, shared one life, fear, and skill in arms, and yet Ferdiad came to the ford for the decisive combat.
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