Motif
Bridge across the sea enables invasion
bridge_across_the_sea_enables_invasion
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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 XX. The Spies. / Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXIII. The Omens.; lines 50186-50367 confidence: high
Śuka reports to Rāvaṇ that the Vānars attacked, beat, seized, and bound him; he says Rāma and Sugrīva marshal the Vānar bands, a bridge crossed the sea, the legions passed over it, and the avenger approaches Lankā.
Śuka reports that a bridge was cast across the sea and that Rāma’s legions passed over it to the giants’ island.
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