Motif
army mustered for siege of enemy city
army_mustered_for_siege_of_enemy_city
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 XX. The Spies. / Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens.; lines 50186-50367 confidence: high
“Sword, spear and shaft shall strew the plain / Dyed red with torrents of the slain. / To-day the Vánar troops shall close / Around the city of our foes.”
Rama arranges commanders, the Vanar forces advance with weapons, and the troops are said to close around Lanka.
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