Motif
perilous wilderness as ordeal
perilous_wilderness_as_ordeal
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Survival, Environmental, and Endurance Ordeals. 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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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood.; lines 14220-14326 confidence: high
The forest contains lions in mountain caves, torrents, monsters, crocodile-filled floods, wild elephants, thorns, tangled creepers, and straying far from streams.
The forest is repeatedly characterized by physical dangers, hostile animals, difficult terrain, hunger, cold, darkness, winds, and insects.
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