Motif
Monster invulnerable to ordinary weapons killed by alternate means
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A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Crushing, non-piercing, and alternate means that bypass weapon resistance. 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 CXII. The Sandals. / Canto CXIX. The Forest. / BOOK III. / Canto I. The Hermitage.; lines 26575-26704 confidence: high
They beat and wound the giant with arms, fists, feet, arrows, and blades, but despite severe wounds he remains alive and cannot be killed.
The giant survives wounds from arrows, blades, and steel because arms cannot take his charmed life, so Rāma orders burial in a pit and the heroes kill him beneath the ground.
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