Motif
Boon with a fatal exception
boon_with_a_fatal_exception
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 Canto X. Rishyasring Invited. / Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed. / Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished.; lines 2946-3017 confidence: high
The gods say they fear Rávaṇ; he gained the mighty Sire's favor, which protects him from heavenly foes and all living things except man, so only man can kill him.
Rávaṇ's protection applies against heavenly foes and all living things, with man excepted; that exception determines the strategy of divine human birth.
read in the book →