Motif
concealed kinship intended to produce father-son combat
concealed_kinship_intended_to_produce_father_son_combat
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 THE SEVEN LABORS OF RUSTEM / INVASION OF IRN BY AFRSIYB / THE RETURN OF KAI-KS / STORY OF SOHRB; lines 5426-5514 confidence: high
The King's speech says the youth must not know his father, that father and son shall battle as foes, and that Rustem's removal, Sohrb's ensnarement, or Rustem's grief will serve the King's aims.
The King explicitly orders that the youth must not know his father and says father and son shall wage battle as foes.
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