Motif
conditional invulnerability with human exception
conditional_invulnerability_with_human_exception
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family External Life-Tokens, Invulnerability, and Decoys. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
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 30643-30752 confidence: high
No god, fiend, Gandharva, goblin, bird, or snake can take his life; only a human arm remains an exception.
Rávaṇ cannot be killed by gods, fiends, Gandharvas, goblins, birds, or snakes, but remains vulnerable to a human arm.
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The Ramayan of Valmiki H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62092-62214 confidence: high
Brahmā is identified as the Creator and usually first God of the Indian Trinity; a cited verse mentions Brahmā, Vishṇu, and Śiva; Brahmā guaranteed Rāvaṇ's life against all enemies except man.
Brahmā guarantees Rāvaṇ's life against all enemies except man.
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