Motif
Ascetic power challenging divine order
ascetic_power_challenging_divine_order
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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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LV. The Hermitage Burnt. / Canto LVII. Trisanku. / Canto LVIII. Trisanku Cursed. / Canto LIX. The Sons Of Vasishtha.; lines 7736-7795 confidence: high
Viśvámitra threatens to create another Indra or leave the world without Indra, and begins forming new gods.
Viśvámitra’s anger leads him to threaten creation of another Indra, an Indraless world, and new gods, causing cosmic beings to intervene.
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