Motif
war prize carried off from enemy territory
war_prize_carried_off_from_enemy_territory
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge WITH TWO PAGES IN FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS / MY MOTHER / CONTENTS / PREFACE; lines 472-561 confidence: high
Conchobar and the Ulstermen recover and gather; macRoth reports them to Medb, Fergus identifies them, Medb's army is repulsed, and the passage balances Medb's seizure of the bull with Conchobar's victory.
Medb lays waste the land of her divorced husband and carries off the Brown Bull of Cualnge, which the passage calls the prize of war.
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