Motif
Captive leaves tokens to mark the path
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A motif of the The Hero's Journey 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 XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 33639-33794 confidence: high
Rávaṇ passes over a hill where five monkeys stand; the Maithil lady drops scarf and ornaments among them so the objects may show her path to her lord, and the monkeys see her shrieking above.
The Maithil lady drops scarf and ornaments among five monkeys, explicitly thinking they may show her path and tell her lord where she went.
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