Motif
Specialized secret or exceptional weapon decides combat
specialized_secret_or_exceptional_weapon_decides_combat
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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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 5898-6019 confidence: high
Cuchulain asks Laeg for the Gae-Bulg; the weapon is described as set down a stream, cast from beneath the toes, entering as one wound and opening thirty barbs inside the body.
Cuchulain calls for the Gae-Bulg only after being hard pressed; the weapon has a distinctive method of use and produces an otherwise devastating wound.
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