Motif
armed mounted attacker defeated by unarmed champion
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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.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 54021-54176 confidence: high
Narántak, riding a steed compared to a storm, cuts straight through the Vánar host, killing countless warriors and leaving mangled limbs and corpses behind.
Narántak charges on horseback with a dart; Angad, bearing no weapon except nails and teeth, kills the horse and crushes Narántak with his fist.
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