Motif
natural objects used as colossal weapons
natural_objects_used_as_colossal_weapons
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Warrior Imagery and Radiance. 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 XLII. The Giants Roused. / Canto XLIII. The Ruin Of The Temple. / Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated. / Canto XLVI. The Captains.; lines 47376-47437 confidence: high
Yúpáksha and Virúpáksha attack to avenge Durdhar, strike the Vánar on the breast without effect, and are killed when the Vánar tears up a tree and uses it against them.
The Vánar tears up a tree to kill two attackers and then hurls a mountain peak to crush two more.
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