Motif
single combat sequence in battle
single_combat_sequence_in_battle
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52910-53064 confidence: high
Sugrīva hurls an uprooted hill with trees; Rāvaṇ cuts it apart and wounds him with a fire-bright arrow. Other Vānar captains attack with hills but are wounded and flee to Rāma.
The passage stages a succession of individual confrontations with Rāvaṇ: Sugrīva, Hanumān, Nīla, and finally Lakṣmaṇ.
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