μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Irish myth*Cross.
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Filed under Other vows and oaths.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Vow to attack (kill) the enemy or dieVow to revenge (king, friends, father) or dieVow to live and die with the kingVow rather to die (on a spear) than to accept grace. (Cf. M165.)Rather die than go in the enemy's serviceRather die in battle than in bed
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Vow not to eat before hearing of adventureVow not to go to bed with wife till enemy is killedVow to perform act of prowessVow to watch at frightful place all nightVow to ride the forest all night and slay all comersVow never to refuse food to any manVow not to be killed by a single opponentVow never to make a nocturnal assaultBard vows that none of his profession will make a request of any manVow to ask nobody for peace, grace. (Cf. M161.4.)Other vows about fightingVow to serve only the most generous of all kingsVow not to devastate country or take revenge after releaseVow never to accept a man who does not know any sportVow not to touch certain thingPledge to say but a single phrase. In carrying out this agreement the men innocently confess a crime

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