Motif
youth disguised as adult to compel combat
youth_disguised_as_adult_to_compel_combat
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS; lines 6156-6289 confidence: high
Nathcrantail says he will not take the head of a beardless boy; Cuchulain sends him away and asks Laeg to rub a false beard on him so the warrior will fight.
Nathcrantail refuses to fight a beardless boy, and Cuchulain has a false beard applied so the warrior will fight him.
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