Motif
fatal game leading to dishonor and vengeance
fatal_game_leading_to_dishonor_and_vengeance
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Causes of War. 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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Maha-bharata BOOK XII / ASWA-MEDHA / CONCLUSION / TRANSLATOR'S EPILOGUE; lines 7089-7179 confidence: medium
The passage describes Gandhari, Pritha, Draupadi, and Subhadra as distinct female characters, including Draupadi nursing wrath until her wrongs are revenged.
The passage refers to the fatal game of dice and Draupadi's scornful wrath against her insulters, with her wrongs later fearfully revenged.
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