Motif
captive as foreshadowed doom of captor
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. 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 XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 33796-33879 confidence: medium
Rávaṇ speeds like a storm, bearing his death in human form, and brings the struggling Sítá to bright, well-ordered royal Lanká.
The narration says Rávaṇ carries his death in human form while bearing Sítá.
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