Motif
hero cuts passage through mountain
hero_cuts_passage_through_mountain
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 FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65705-65848 confidence: high
Kártikeya and Paraśuráma are said to have cut a passage through mountain Krauncha, compared with Roland’s sword Durandal cleaving a Pyrenean gorge.
Kártikeya and Paraśuráma are said to cut a passage through mountain Krauncha.
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