Motif
ascetic mortification produces supernatural fertility
ascetic_mortification_produces_supernatural_fertility
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65001-65150 confidence: medium
Trees are botanically identified; Ravana's mortifications are said to make his trees bear flowers and fruit simultaneously; Visvakarma is identified as architect of the gods; Satan's cormorant form in Paradise Lost is cited as a parallel.
Ravana's stern mortifications are said to have produced power causing trees to bear flowers and fruit simultaneously.
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