Motif
Curse of reciprocal bereavement
curse_of_reciprocal_bereavement
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Retributive and Dying Curses. 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 XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers. / Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled.; lines 19379-19551 confidence: high
The father tells the king that the king's dart killed his only son and curses him to feel the same grief for a son and die under that burden.
The bereaved father curses the king to experience the same agony of losing or being separated from a son and to die from that grief.
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