Motif
Ascetic host in a secluded hermitage
ascetic_host_in_a_secluded_hermitage
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest 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 XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30975-31147 confidence: medium
Rávaṇ sees the hermit-sheltering fig tree, marked by Garuḍ’s rest and called the Blest. He stops over the ocean shore, sees Márícha in a holy hermitage wearing deerskin and matted hair in hermit guise, and is received with food and water before Márícha asks about his welfare, Lanká, and his urgent reason for coming.
Márícha appears in hermit guise in a holy wood, receives Rávaṇ as guest, serves food and water, and asks the reason for his arrival.
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