Motif
heroic single combat ending in beheading
heroic_single_combat_ending_in_beheading
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. 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 XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52764-52908 confidence: high
The giant leader slays Vánars with arrows; the hosts flee to Angad, who is pierced by fiery arrows and throws a tree and then a rock; the giant stops the tree with arrows and leaps from his chariot before the rock breaks it.
Angad and the giant leader fight through successive weapons and hand-to-hand combat until Angad severs the giant’s head.
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