Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

tyranny answered by banquet ambush and tribal retaliation

tyranny_answered_by_banquet_ambush_and_tribal_retaliation

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

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1192-1244 confidence: medium

    Tasm and Jadis live together under Tasm's government until a tyrant makes a law that no maid of Jadis may marry unless first deflowered by him.

    Jadis responds to the tyrant's law by inviting Tasm's king and chiefs to an entertainment, hiding swords, killing them, and then being destroyed by Tasm survivors with Yaman's aid.

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