Motif
avenging hero as consuming fire
avenging_hero_as_consuming_fire
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. 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 31263-31415 confidence: medium
Márícha describes Ráma as dutiful, virtuous, and exiled to fulfill his father’s promise; he warns that taking Sítá is like stealing the sun’s glory and describes Ráma’s anger and weapons with fire imagery.
Ráma’s anger and weapons are described through fire imagery that threatens Rávaṇ with death and destruction.
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