Motif
coerced accomplice in a deceptive plot
coerced_accomplice_in_a_deceptive_plot
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Staged Deceptions and Feigned Conditions. 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 XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 31634-31744 confidence: medium
The speaker promises the addressee half his realm for helping, but says that if he will not aid the plan the speaker will spill his blood that day.
The speaker offers reward for cooperation and threatens death if the addressee does not assist in the plan.
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