Motif
natural world used as weapons in battle
natural_world_used_as_weapons_in_battle
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 Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52764-52908 confidence: high
The giant leader slays Vánars with arrows; the hosts flee to Angad, who is pierced by fiery arrows and throws a tree and then a rock; the giant stops the tree with arrows and leaps from his chariot before the rock breaks it.
Vánar combatants wield uprooted trees, rocks, hills, and mountain peaks against Rákshasa warriors and chariots.
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