Motif
protector hero arrives to save a younger warrior
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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.
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hindu
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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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