Motif
Invulnerability boon with omitted human vulnerability
invulnerability_boon_with_omitted_human_vulnerability
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO.; lines 57501-57580 confidence: high
The gods tell Brahma that Ravana abuses Brahma’s boon, oppresses gods and ascetics, and tyrannizes the three worlds while protected from death by gods, Yakshas, or demons.
Ravana’s boon protects him from many classes of beings, but Brahma and the gods state that humans were not included because Ravana disdained human strength.
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