Motif
divinely inherited bridgecraft
divinely_inherited_bridgecraft
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Constructed Bridges and Mountain Passages. 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 Book VI, Cantos XXI-XXII: Ocean Threatened confidence: high
Ocean identifies Nala as Visvakarma's son, and Nala claims the inherited skill and willingness to lay the bridge if Rama commands the work.
Nala's authority to build the crossing is grounded in descent from Visvakarma and in demonstrated large-scale construction by the vanara host.
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