Motif
uprooted tree as heroic battle weapon
uprooted_tree_as_heroic_battle_weapon
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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 VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 39454-39589 confidence: high
Báli fights with furious blows; Sugríva, blood-stained, uproots a Sál tree and strikes Báli; the two fight with limbs, nails, stones, boughs, and trees and are compared to sun and moon or thunder-clouds in conflict.
Sugríva uproots a Sál tree and uses it to strike Báli during combat.
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