Motif
sleeping champion awakens for war
sleeping_champion_awakens_for_war
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Battle Fury and Aristeia. 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 LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons.; lines 48931-49085 confidence: medium
Rávaṇ says Kumbhakarṇa has slept for six months, but now wakes as the best of their champions.
Rávaṇ reports that Kumbhakarṇa’s six-month sleep is ending and calls him the best champion.
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