Motif
captured woman as deadly serpent to the captor
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A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation 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 XLIII. The Ruin Of The Temple. / Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated. / Canto XLVI. The Captains. / Canto XLVII. The Death Of Aksha.; lines 47615-47734 confidence: medium
“She is no woman but a snake, / Whose very deadly bite will be / The ruin of thy house and thee.”
Hanuman says the Maithil queen is not merely a woman but a snake whose deadly bite will ruin Ravana’s house and Ravana himself.
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