Motif
single combat delays invasion
single_combat_delays_invasion
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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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE ENEMIES OF IRELAND / CHAPTER II. CAEL AND CREDHE / CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER / CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN; lines 7301-7359 confidence: high
Glas tells the King his kinsman is alone and asks to help him; he requests that the armies not land and that only one man at a time fight each of them until the Fianna arrive.
Glas asks the King of the World to keep the armies from landing and to send only individual fighters until the Fianna arrive.
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