Motif
Ascetic curse transforms landscape into wasteland
ascetic_curse_transforms_landscape_into_wasteland
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech 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 Army Of The North. / Canto XLIV. The Ring. / Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return.; lines 43268-43440 confidence: medium
The searchers reach a terrible desert and fruitless waste with bare trees, dried streams, no roots, no animals, no birds, and no flowering plants.
Kaṇdu’s grief and anger after his son’s death lead him to curse the forest so that it shelters none and becomes a waste shunned by animals.
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