Motif
dangerous threshold time in combat
dangerous_threshold_time_in_combat
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. 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 XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. / Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love.; lines 4399-4524 confidence: high
Viśvámitra warns Ráma that mercy is enough, that the fiend disrupts holy rites, and that giant foes become hard to slay at twilight.
Viśvámitra warns that giant foes are hard to slay at the joint of night and day, prompting immediate action.
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