Motif
single combat against boastful foreign champion
single_combat_against_boastful_foreign_champion
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE HELP OF THE MEN OF DEA / CHAPTER VI. THE MARCH OF THE FIANNA / CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON; lines 7653-7737 confidence: high
Dolar Durba boasts on the strand; Oisin says he would rather die fighting him than watch his people's destruction, and the Fianna cry out in sorrow.
Dolar Durba boasts and challenges Finn's men; the king's son faces him alone after the foster-brothers' deaths.
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