Motif
Construction of a bridge across the sea
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A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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 50127-50183 confidence: high
A hundred-league bridge is built with huge rocks, hill fragments, and trees; the work grows by measured stages and is completed on the fifth day.
The passage states that a hundred-league bridge of great strength is built across the ocean and later crossed by the hosts.
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