Motif
invulnerability boon with fatal human exception
invulnerability_boon_with_fatal_human_exception
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Boon protections with omitted or excluded exceptions. 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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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53175-53341 confidence: high
Rávaṇ recalls Brahmá’s warning that he is protected from gods, demons, and serpents but not from man; he identifies Ráma as the foretold man and names earlier prophetic figures, including Anaraṇya, Vedavatí, Nandíśvara, Umá, Rambhá, and Varuṇ’s child.
Rávaṇ says Brahmá’s boon made him secure from gods, demons, and serpents but left him unarmed against man; he identifies Ráma as the foretold man.
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