Motif
impossible-task warnings against transgression
impossible_task_warnings_against_transgression
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest.; lines 32764-32932 confidence: high
Sítá warns that the stranger’s aim is as perilous or impossible as taking a snake’s fang, shaking Mount Mandar, drinking poison, swimming the sea with a millstone, plucking sun and moon, or holding kindled flame to the breast.
Sítá compares Rávaṇ’s wish to win her with shaking Mount Mandar, drinking poison, swimming the sea with a millstone, plucking sun and moon, and embracing flame.
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