Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

enemy made invulnerable by a boon with exceptions

enemy_made_invulnerable_by_a_boon_with_exceptions

A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Boon protections with omitted or excluded exceptions. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


hindu

  • The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons.; lines 49613-49779 confidence: medium

    Vibhishaṇ reports Rāvaṇ's boon, Kumbhakarṇa's might, Prahasta's strength, Indrajit's invulnerability in arms, and ten million shape-changing flesh-eating giants in Laṅkā.

    Vibhishaṇ reports that Rāvaṇ received a boon allowing him to withstand foes and preventing his death by fiend, snake, Gandharva, or god.

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