Motif
warrior exhortation foretelling blood and lamentation
warrior_exhortation_foretelling_blood_and_lamentation
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Battle Preparation and Ritual. 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 HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII; lines 14954-15084 confidence: high
Sencha rouses the men of Ulster with a poetic battle speech calling Macha's kings to arise and describing weapon-breaking, combat, blood-drinking, queens' grief, lamentations, and blood-soaked grass.
Sencha's speech commands the warriors to arise and depicts shattered weapons, blood-drinking, grief of queens, and blood-soaked ground.
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