Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

supernatural binding by arrows

supernatural_binding_by_arrows

A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


hindu

  • The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 54509-54546 confidence: high

    “Caught in the arrowy nets he wove” and Ráma says the arrows cast a binding net around them.

    The warrior’s arrows form a binding net around the sons of Raghu, and they fall overpowered by shaft and spell.

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