Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

protector hero arrives to save a younger warrior

protector_hero_arrives_to_save_a_younger_warrior

A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Wounded, Fallen, and Avenged. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


hindu

  • Maha-bharata BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 3933-4068 confidence: medium

    Uttara and Sweta come to save Abhimanyu and die; the youngest brother Sankha remains, and Arjun arrives to stop Bhishma and save Sankha.

    After the fall of Uttara and Sweta, Arjun comes to stop Bhishma and save Sankha.

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