Motif
coerced passage through personified waters
coerced_passage_through_personified_waters
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water 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 XI. The Summons. / Canto XX. The Spies. / Canto XXI. Ocean Threatened. / Canto XXII. Ocean Threatened.; lines 49985-50125 confidence: high
Rāma tells the Sea: “With fiery flood of arrowy rain / Thy channels will I dry and drain,” and says the Vánar host will reach the farther coast on foot.
Rāma threatens the Sea with a fiery weapon; Ocean appears, explains his constraints, and promises an easy passage and bridge solution.
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