Motif
battlefield arrow storm
battlefield_arrow_storm
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 XXI. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle.; lines 29527-29694 confidence: high
Khara sends a thousand darts at Ráma; the night-rovers attack with arrows and weapons including sword, club, mace, pike, spear, and axe.
Both Khara’s forces and Ráma use showers, torrents, and volleys of arrows; Ráma’s arrows fill the directions and darken the air.
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