Comparative mythology corpus

Severed Head Used In Violent Confrontation

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Celtic Irish Heroic Romances of Ireland A. H. LEAHY / IN TWO VOLUMES / VOL. I / PREFACE; lines 249-335 medium In the "Boar of Mac Datho," Conall dashes Anluan's head into Ket's face; the passage says this savagery fits the story and may have been invented in Christian times, probably imitating a similar incident in another legend. record