Motif
sages living or reappearing across ages
sages_living_or_reappearing_across_ages
A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Deathless Figures Persisting Across Ages. 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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The Ramayan of Valmiki HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59057-59142 confidence: medium
The note questions the chronology of sages associated with Rama; Viśvámitra, Atri, and Agastya are Rig-Vedic, Valmiki is linked to the Ramayana, Atri is made ancestor of the Moon, and Pundits explain contradictions by long life and reappearances across ages.
The passage says Pundits reconciled contradictions by representing sages as living thousands of years and reappearing on earth in widely separated ages.
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