Motif
Animal guides indicating the lost person's path
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Animal and Nature Helpers. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 35101-35228 confidence: high
The deer rise in pity, gaze toward the quarter where Ravana took his captive, move that way, and Lakshman identifies their looks as guidance southward.
The deer respond to Rama's grief by looking and moving toward the direction Ravana took, and Lakshman treats their behavior as guidance.
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