Motif
Personified natural powers refuse combat
personified_natural_powers_refuse_combat
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi.; lines 38576-38643 confidence: high
The righteous Ocean rises from his bed, says he lacks power to fight Dundubhi, and directs him to the Lord of Hills, the King of Snows, associated with hermits, forests, caves, torrents, cascades, and Śankar’s queen as his child.
The Ocean and the Lord of Mountains both answer Dundubhi with speech and decline battle on grounds of incapacity or unsuitability.
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