Motif
magical weapon pursues offender until submission
magical_weapon_pursues_offender_until_submission
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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 XII. The Search Renewed. / Canto XIII. Despair And Hope. / Canto XIV. The Asoka Grove. / Canto XXXIII. The Colloquy.; lines 47022-47074 confidence: high
"That shaft, with magic power endued, / The bird, where’er he flew, pursued" until it fled back and bowed at Rama's feet.
Rama's arrow, described as magically empowered, pursues the crow wherever it flees until it returns and bows at Rama's feet.
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