Motif
Warrior’s vaunting challenge to the opposing host
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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.
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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 54179-54354 confidence: high
The Vanars arm themselves with trees, rocks, and mountain peaks; Atikaya checks their missiles with gold-decked arrows, pours an arrow-storm on them, and challenges the bravest foe to fight.
Atikaya declares himself champion of the giants and calls for the enemy’s bravest warrior to come forward.
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