Motif
Night raid of vengeance
night_raid_of_vengeance
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA / BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA; lines 5941-5960 confidence: high
Drona and Drupad are said to sleep with their earthly task done; vengeance fires Drona's son against Drupad's son.
The passage centers on Aswa-thaman entering enemy tents at midnight and killing opponents and sleeping children in revenge for Drona.
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