Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Boon-protected combatant

boon_protected_combatant

A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


hindu

  • The Ramayan of Valmiki CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57756-57837 confidence: high

    Yáma is defeated because, at Brahmá’s request, he refrains from using his deadly weapon against the Rákshas protected by Brahmá’s earlier promise.

    Yáma does not use his deadly weapon because Brahmá’s promise preserves Rávaṇ.

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