Motif
Brother-against-brother internecine war
brother_against_brother_internecine_war
A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature I AND 2, DESIGNS ON THE BORDERS OF TURBANS. / SACRED WRITINGS. / DESIGN FROM COVERLET FOR BED. / DESIGN OF PART OF A BED COVER.; lines 8092-8126 confidence: medium
The passage says the region would be “plunged into war, brother fighting against brother,” and that old internecine wars would begin again.
The passage explicitly frames renewed conflict as war with brother fighting against brother and as an old story of internecine wars.
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