Motif
bridge across the sea enabling army passage
bridge_across_the_sea_enabling_army_passage
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Constructed Bridges and Mountain Passages. 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
Suka reports that the Vanars beat and bound him, that Rama and Sugriva marshal the Vanar bands, that Rama has slain earlier foes and tracked his queen to Lanka, that a bridge was cast across the sea and the legions crossed, and that Ravana must choose between safety and the Maithil queen.
Suka reports that a bridge was cast across the sea and Rama's legions have passed over it toward Lanka.
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