Motif
Boastful claimant unknowingly marked for death
boastful_claimant_unknowingly_marked_for_death
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall 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 XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 33882-34028 confidence: medium
“She is now mine own,” he thought, / In Death’s dire coils already caught.
Rávaṇ thinks Sítá is already his, but the narrator immediately says he is already caught in Death's dire coils.
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