Motif
Ominous midnight battlefield
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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: medium
At midnight, shadows and faint planets lie over the silent battlefield; the vengeful son of Drona, moved by dark omens, silently enters the enemy tents.
The passage emphasizes midnight shadows, faint planets, a silent plain, the dying and slain, and dark omens before the raid.
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