cattle raid
Stealing herded bovines
A cattle raid is an attack to steal livestock from another group, historically a common form of tribal warfare and economic predation.
Raiding parties would drive off cattle, often resulting in violence.
The practice appears throughout history from ancient Ireland to the American frontier to modern East Africa.
The young warriors proved themselves in cattle raids against neighboring clans.
- plunderGoods seized violently
- Irish mythologyTraditional tales of Ireland
- tribal warfareCombat between clan-based societies
- clan warfareCombat between family groups
- Táin Bó CúailngeOld Irish heroic saga
border wars · night attack · property rights · blood feud · oral traditions · pastoralism · warrior · war chariot · raiding parties · ancient Ireland · territorial disputes · barter economy · mythic heroes · Celtic · ambush · frontier · outlaws · livestock
- Celtic LoreFenian Cycle, Brigid, banshee, Cormac, Rhiannon
- Irish loreFenian Cycle, Deirdre, otherworld, banshee, hero tales
- Ulster CycleDeirdre, Ulster, Morrigan, Fergus, Maine
- Gaelic Irelandhigh king, Book of Kells, Tara, druid, chieftain
- ancient religiongods, goddesses, pantheon, deity, polytheism
- Irish MythologyFenian Cycle, Morrigan, Deirdre, Sidhe, Brigid
cattle raidfair trade
Equitable exchange between parties
cattle trade · livestock trade · cattle auction · livestock auction · cattle market