Motif
hero granted invulnerability after divine injury
hero_granted_invulnerability_after_divine_injury
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit. / Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council.; lines 44554-44719 confidence: high
Hanumán is born in an underground cave, leaps three hundred leagues toward the new sun as if toward tree-fruit, and is struck by Indra’s fiery red bolt, injuring his cheek.
After Indra’s bolt injures Hanumán and the Wind-God stops the world’s breath, Brahmá and Indra grant protections against steel and the thunderbolt.
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