Motif
Boon with neglected human vulnerability
boon_with_neglected_human_vulnerability
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
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CXXVI. Bharat Consoled. / Canto CXXIX. The Meeting With Bharat. / Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX.; lines 57183-57268 confidence: high
The gods petition Brahmá, saying Rávaṇa's boon makes him invulnerable to gods, Dánavas, and Yakshas, and that he distresses the universe; the sun, winds, fire, and ocean are described as inhibited around him.
Brahmá says Rávaṇa asked for invulnerability to several divine or supernatural classes but omitted man, allowing him to be destroyed by a man.
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