Motif
Animal traits explained by divine boons
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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 CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57691-57754 confidence: high
Rāvaṇa interrupts Marutta's sacrifice; gods take animal shapes to escape—Indra as peacock, Yama as crow, Kuvera as lizard, Varuṇa as swan—and give boons explaining animal traits and funerary associations.
The gods grant boons to the animals whose forms they assumed, explaining the peacock's tail, swan's whiteness, lizard's gold color, and crow's death and funerary associations.
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