Motif
injured figure flees to powerful kin or ally and reports wrong
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. 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 XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation.; lines 28687-28811 confidence: high
Noseless and earless, Śūrpaṇakhā flees bleeding through the wilderness to Janasthān, falls before Khara among giant chieftains, and reports the tale and her injuries.
After mutilation, Śūrpaṇakhā flees to Janasthān, falls before Khara, and recounts the arrival of Rāma, Lakṣmaṇ, and Sītā along with her injuries.
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