Motif
Ancestral epic heritage shaping collective identity
ancestral_epic_heritage_shaping_collective_identity
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power 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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Maha-bharata BOOK XII / ASWA-MEDHA / CONCLUSION / TRANSLATOR'S EPILOGUE; lines 7181-7238 confidence: medium
Modern Hindus are said to cherish the ancient epics; examples include common readers of Bengal, North-West peasantry knowing the five Pandav brothers and righteous Krishna, and Bombay and Madras cherishing the righteous war.
The passage says Hindus cherish the ancient epics, treat them as national property, and have them interwoven with collective thoughts, beliefs, and moral ideas.
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