Motif
blood as promised satisfaction for injury
blood_as_promised_satisfaction_for_injury
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. 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 XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation. / Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara.; lines 29037-29175 confidence: medium
"For Ráma and his brother go / This day to Yáma's realm below"; Khara also vows Ráma will be slain before sunset and his blood will satisfy his sister.
Khara promises that his sister's lips will be reddened by Ráma's warm blood after he is slain.
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