Motif
Blood-drinking revenge threat
blood_drinking_revenge_threat
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. 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 XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation. / Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara.; lines 28814-28991 confidence: high
Śūrpaṇakhā identifies Rāma and Lakshmaṇ as Daśaratha’s sons, describes their ascetic forest life and Sītā’s presence, says they harmed her for Sītā’s sake, and asks to drink their lifeblood.
Śūrpaṇakhā and Khara repeatedly frame vengeance as drinking the enemies’ lifeblood or heart’s blood after battle.
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