Motif
holy grove retains power of absent saints
holy_grove_retains_power_of_absent_saints
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family, within the sub-family Sacred Trees, Groves, and Tree Cult Places. 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 V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees.; lines 39090-39196 confidence: medium
The sacred Seven maintained vows there, placed their heads in dust, slept in streams, ate only every seventh night, lived on air, and after seven hundred years went to heaven.
Sugriva says the Seven have gone to heaven, yet their glory keeps the garden, gods and demons scarcely dare enter, and reverence to them prevents woe.
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