Motif
Rejected contestant withdraws from nearly completed feat
rejected_contestant_withdraws_from_nearly_completed_feat
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Contests, Games, and Formal Challenges. 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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Maha-bharata BOOK I / ASTRA DARSANA / BOOK II / SWAYAMVARA; lines 889-1036 confidence: high
Karna strings the weapon and fixes arrows, but Draupadi declares she will not wed a Suta's son; Karna leaves the attempt unfinished and gazes at the Sun.
Karna strings the weapon and fixes the arrows, but after Draupadi refuses to wed him, he leaves the undertaking unfinished.
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