Motif
animal or semi-divine helper as messenger
animal_or_semi_divine_helper_as_messenger
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki INVOCATION.(1) / BOOK I.(6) / OM.(8) / Canto III. The Argument.; lines 1239-1399 confidence: high
Ráma speaks with Sugríva, they form friendship, Báli is slain, Sugríva reigns, hosts and spies are organized, Ráma gives a ring, a cave is mentioned, Sampati becomes a friend, and Hanumán leaps across the sea toward Lanká.
Hanumán, later called the Wind-God’s son, leaps across the sea, reaches the captive Sítá, exchanges tokens, and returns with news.
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