Motif
Cursed wasteland caused by grief and anger
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Pride, Greed, and Hubris. 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 XLIII. The Army Of The North. / Canto XLIV. The Ring. / Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return.; lines 43268-43440 confidence: medium
The party reaches a terrible desert: a fruitless, gloomy waste with leafless trees, dried streams, no roots, no animals, no birds, no shrubs or creepers, and no lilies.
A once-inhabitable forest has become barren and avoided by creatures because the hermit Kaṇdu cursed it after his son died.
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