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Motif

Killing of one of a loving pair and survivor’s lament

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A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family United in Death. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions

hindu

  • The Ramayan of Valmiki CONTENTS / INVOCATION.(1) / BOOK I.(6) / OM.(8); lines 993-1155 confidence: high

    Válmíki sees a pair of curlews near the bank; an outcast fowler kills the male bird, and the female beats the air, cries, and mourns over her bloodied dead companion.

    A fowler kills the male curlew while the pair is at play, and the female bird laments in distress over the dead mate.

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