Motif
Wounded body held together for battle
wounded_body_held_together_for_battle
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 12191-12330 confidence: high
Cethern rises from the marrow-bath, sleeps, says he has no ribs, asks for the chariot-box ribs, and is described with a chariot slab pressed to his belly to keep his entrails in.
Cethern goes on after treatment with a chariot-board or chariot-box bound to his body so his entrails do not fall out.
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