Motif
battlefield as corpse-feeding deathscape
battlefield_as_corpse_feeding_deathscape
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 5963-6113 confidence: high
The field is described as red and ghastly, covered with skulls, clotted hair, streams of gore, warrior limbs, elephants, horses, slain chiefs, headless trunks, and severed heads.
The battlefield is populated by dismembered bodies, carrion animals, and demonic beings feeding on or tearing corpses.
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