Motif
hero depends on nonhuman ally as guide
hero_depends_on_nonhuman_ally_as_guide
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Animal and Nature Helpers. 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 Canto XXVIII. The Rains. / Canto XXXI. The Envoy. / Canto XXXVII. The Gathering. / Canto XL. The Army Of The East.; lines 42570-42605 confidence: high
Ráma says that after Sítá and the foe are located, he and the Vánar monarch will devise the means to finish the enterprise, and that the Vánar sovereign must be their hope and leader.
Ráma says the Vánar sovereign, not Ráma or Lakshmaṇ, must be their hope and leader in the doubtful hour.
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