Motif
Alliance with animal or semi-divine helpers
alliance_with_animal_or_semi_divine_helpers
A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59390-59483 confidence: medium
The note raises the possibility of Ráma’s alliance with monkeys and describes south Indian monkeys as intelligent, organized, locally attached, and moving in groups over mountains and rivers.
Ráma is said to conclude an alliance with monkeys, and the monkeys are described as half human and half divine and as forming his army.
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