Motif
celestial omens prompting royal action
celestial_omens_prompting_royal_action
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Celestial and Cosmic Signs. 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 LXXV. The Parle. / Canto LXXVI. Debarred From Heaven. / BOOK II. / Canto I. The Heir Apparent.; lines 10122-10301 confidence: high
Daśaratha reports dread visions, red meteors, tempests, and an adverse combination of Ráhu, the Sun, and Mars; star-readers say such portents indicate a monarch’s death or woe.
Daśaratha cites visions, meteors, tempests, and hostile planetary signs as portents of a monarch’s death or woe, motivating swift consecration.
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