Motif
Unfair killing of a rival ruler
unfair_killing_of_a_rival_ruler
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. 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 HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59390-59483 confidence: medium
The note describes the fall of Báli as a brotherly conflict over rule, Ráma’s alliance with Sugríva, Báli’s unfair death, and the transfer of Tárá from Báli to Sugríva.
Ráma is said to have compassed Báli’s death by an act contrary to fair fighting.
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