Motif
besieged king awakens giant champion in crisis
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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Battle Fury and Aristeia. 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 XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53344-53513 confidence: high
Ravana asks Brahma to spare Kumbhakarna from death and instead make him sleep with fixed waking times; Brahma decrees six months asleep and one day awake. Vibhishana says Ravana has now roused him to feed on slaughtered Vanars.
Ravana awakens Kumbhakarna from his imposed sleep because Rama’s army has crossed the sea and surrounded Lanka.
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