Motif
war for a woman or beloved
war_for_a_woman_or_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Causes of War. 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 GENERAL NOTES / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / PAGE 8 / PAGE 9; lines 6516-6568 confidence: high
“Through war for her the king will chase / the birds from Tethba, / and will drown his two horses / in the lake da Airbrech.”
The poem repeatedly links war, the king's actions, and widespread destruction to war for Etain.
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