Motif
heroic youth challenges elder champion
heroic_youth_challenges_elder_champion
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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1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 3933-4068 confidence: high
Abhimanyu turns his chariot to obstruct Bhishma and cuts down Bhishma’s palm-tree standard; Bhishma rises in anger and pierces Abhimanyu with arrows until he faints.
Abhimanyu, son of Arjun, turns his chariot against the victorious elder Bhishma, cuts down his standard, and is then struck down into a faint.
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