Motif
battlefield arrow storm obscuring the sun
battlefield_arrow_storm_obscuring_the_sun
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 29954-30096 confidence: high
Ráma and Khara shoot volleys of arrows that fill the sky; Ráma’s shafts are compared to torrents from Parjanya, and the sun is obscured behind an arrowy veil.
The combatants’ arrows fill the sky so completely that the sun grows pale behind the arrowy veil.
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