Motif
divinely imposed sleep as containment
divinely_imposed_sleep_as_containment
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Withheld and Restrained Divine Power. 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 CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57608-57690 confidence: high
Before Kumbhakarṇa receives a boon, the gods object because he has eaten Apsarases, followers of Indra, rishis, and men; Brahmā summons Sarasvatī, who enters Kumbhakarṇa’s mouth so that he asks for many years of sleep.
The gods fear Kumbhakarṇa’s destructive appetite and arrange, through Brahmā and Sarasvatī, that his boon become many years of sleep.
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