Motif
warrior boast before fatal combat
warrior_boast_before_fatal_combat
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Boasts, Taunts, and Exhortations. 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 XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53848-54019 confidence: high
Kumbhakarna replies that he is a mightier foe than Khara or Viradha, boasts of his mace's power over gods and Danavs, and threatens to feed on Rama's flesh.
Kumbhakarna boasts that he is unlike earlier foes, invokes the power of his mace, and threatens to feed on Rama's flesh before Rama defeats him.
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