Motif
magic image or illusory double
magic_image_or_illusory_double
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Disguises and Recognition. 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 HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59578-59724 confidence: high
The note says Indrajit’s magic image of Sītā is an oriental idea also found in Homer, where Apollo forms an image of Aeneas, and in Virgil, where Juno forms a fictitious Aeneas to save Turnus.
Indrajit makes a magic image of Sītā, and the note compares this with classical examples of divine figures forming images or fictitious doubles.
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