Motif
taunt provoking or redirecting warrior action
taunt_provoking_or_redirecting_warrior_action
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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Maha-bharata BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA / BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA; lines 5516-5652 confidence: high
Salya, king of Madra, laughs while reining the fiery horses and says Arjun will soon come upon Karna in battle.
Salya taunts Karna toward confrontation, Karna taunts Yudhishthir after defeating him, and Yudhishthir's taunts provoke Arjun to draw his sword.
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