Motif
animal and natural-force imagery for combat endurance
animal_and_natural_force_imagery_for_combat_endurance
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat 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 VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 4680-4828 confidence: medium
Abhimanyu, Arjun's son, drags Paurava from his chariot by the hair; the action is compared to a lion dragging an ox into its lair.
The passage repeatedly compares warriors and blows to animals, thunder, lightning, mountain-rock, fire sparks, and a wounded serpent.
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