Motif
Capture and restraint of defeated divine allies and creatures
capture_and_restraint_of_defeated_divine_allies_and_creatures
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
mesopotamian
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The Babylonian Legends of the Creation THE SEVEN TABLETS OF CREATION.--TRANSLATION. / SECOND TABLET. / THIRD TABLET. / FOURTH TABLET.; lines 2009-2136 confidence: high
After Tiamat is slain, her host and allied gods scatter and flee but are hemmed in, caught in a net and snare, disarmed, restrained, and fettered; the Eleven Creatures and their resistance are trodden down.
Tiamat's host, allied gods, and Eleven Creatures are hemmed in, caught, disarmed, restrained, fettered, and trodden underfoot.
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