Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

giant champion rejects trickery and goes to single combat

giant_champion_rejects_trickery_and_goes_to_single_combat

A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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hindu

  • The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53515-53681 confidence: high

    Kumbhakarna spurns Mahodar's counsel, says he will free Ravan from peril and slay the threatening foe, and condemns counsellors who mislead a king with mean arts.

    Kumbhakarna scorns Mahodar's deceptive plan, promises to kill the foe directly, arms himself, and goes out with a war host.

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