Motif
Vengeance killing restores ancestral treasure
vengeance_killing_restores_ancestral_treasure
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. 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 BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR / PART TWO: THE FIANNA. / BOOK ONE: FINN, SON OF CUMHAL. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN; lines 5669-5774 confidence: high
Finn hears a lone woman crying tears of blood for her slain only son, follows and kills the champion responsible, who is also the man who first wounded Cumhal and took his treasure-bag.
Finn kills the champion connected with both the lone woman's loss and Cumhal's fatal battle, recovering the treasure-bag taken from Cumhal.
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