Motif
boundary-water escape after defeat
boundary_water_escape_after_defeat
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 KAI-KS / THE SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM / INVASION OF IRN BY AFRSIYB / THE RETURN OF KAI-KS; lines 4912-5017 confidence: medium
Afrsiyb slips away, leads his legions across the boundary-stream, leaves heaps of dead behind, and departs with broken fortunes.
Afrsiyb survives defeat by crossing the boundary-stream, leaving the dead behind.
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