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| Norse | The Poetic Edda | INTRODUCTORY NOTE / NOTES / PRONOUNCING INDEX OF PROPER NAMES / PRONOUNCING INDEX; lines 22700-23006 | low | The index specifies relationships/roles in brief entries, including: 'Rind, mother of Vali'; 'Rn, wife of gir'; 'Sig-yn, wife of Loki'; 'Skirn-ir, Freyrs servant'; and 'Rosk-va, sister of Thjalfi'. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 223-315 | low | Neptune notices the roaring sea, the released tempest, and the water boiling from below; he sees Aeneas’ fleet overwhelmed and recognizes Juno’s guile and wrath. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2710-2746 | medium | The sister rushes in mourning, asks whether the summons, pyre, and altar fires were a snare, wishes she had shared the same steel, asks for water, embraces the dying woman, and tries to stanch the blood. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4862-4943 | high | “twin brothers leave Tibur town ... Catillus and valiant Coras” and are compared to “two cloud-born Centaurs” descending from a mountain peak. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6150-6229 | medium | Pandarus and Bitias, sons of Alcanor and Iaera, born in Jupiter's grove and tall as ancestral pines and hills, open the gates and stand like twin oaks beside streams as Rutulians enter. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6645-6692 | high | The twins Larides and Thymber, children of Daucus, are indistinguishable to their parents; Pallas cuts off Thymber's head and severs Larides' right hand. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8351-8435 | medium | Turnus says he already knew his sister and her arts; he says her godhead is hidden in vain, names fallen comrades, rejects flight, and asks the Shades to be gracious since heaven is estranged. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8514-8595 | high | Juturna recognizes the Fury's wings and sound as death and Jove's ordinance, and says she can no longer help Turnus. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE WOLF AND THE GOAT / THE SICK STAG / THE ASS AND THE MULE / BROTHER AND SISTER; lines 3692-3707 | high | The fable introduces a man with two children, a boy and a girl; the boy is good-looking, while the girl is plain. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE MULE / THE HOUND AND THE FOX / THE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERS / THE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPER; lines 582-624 | low | BROTHER AND SISTER | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2102-2199 | medium | Okikurumi, with his younger sister Tureshihi, taught the Ainos arts such as bow-and-arrow hunting, netting fish, and spearing fish. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 610-713 | high | The opening of 'The Man who Married the Bear-Goddess' describes a once-abundant village struck by famine; only the chief's older daughter and younger son survive, and the sister gives the boy a cloth bag so he may buy food and live. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 715-800 | high | Two brother foxes plan to go among men in human shape and make treasures, leaf garments, food, and cakes from tree gum. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 196-317 | medium | The king's sons Schahriar and Schahzeman love each other; Schahriar cannot share the empire because of law, so he later separates Great Tartary and makes Schahzeman king. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 319-445 | medium | Scheherazade asks Dinarzade to wake her an hour before dawn and request one of her stories; she hopes this will deliver the people from terror. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1656-1739 | medium | Narahdarn drives a woman up a gunnyanny tree; her arm sticks beside her sister's, he cuts it off with his comebo, and she dies. He carries her body down and lays it beside her sister's body. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 750-866 | high | Two Weeoombeen brothers go hunting; the elder tells the younger to stay quiet lest strong Piggiebillah hear and steal the emu. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | CHAPTER V. / THE EVIDENCE OF VIRTUE COMPLETE. / CHAPTER VI. / THE GREAT SUPREME.; lines 2977-3122 | high | Hu Pu Hsieh, Wu Kuang, Poh I, Shu Ch'i, Chi Tzŭ Hsü Yü, Chi T'o, and Shên T'u Ti are listed as servants of rulers; notes describe brotherly throne refusal, starvation on mountains, lacquer-smearing, and a river suicide with a stone. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS / CHAPTER XV. LAEGAIRE IN THE HAPPY PLAIN / BOOK FIVE: THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR; lines 5034-5139 | medium | Aobh bears Fionnuala and Aodh, then Fiachra and Conn, and dies at the birth of the second pair; Lir is nearly overcome with grief except for his love of the children. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6771-6845 | medium | In a Pentamerone story, astrologers say a queen will live only as long as her twin brother, a dragon; if he dies, she can be restored by smearing parts of her body with his blood. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6982-7037 | medium | The brothers are named Anupu and Bitiu; Anupu is elder and has a house and wife, while Bitiu lives with him as servant. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / SPECIAL NOTE; lines 6466-6489 | medium | The situation is based on the "strength of the tie of blood-brotherhood," which almost balances old Irish heroic personal honour and warrior pre-eminence. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 1010-1106 | medium | The Cercopes are described as a pair of malignant dwarfs or Monkey-Men who go about mischief-making; their punishment by Heracles appears on an early Selinus metope. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 3101-3196 | high | The home of Night stands there; the son of Iapetus upholds heaven; Night and Day meet at the bronze threshold and alternate, so the house never holds both at once. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 366-450 | medium | Hesiod and Perses are described as the settler’s sons; after their father’s death they divided the farm, and Perses is represented as bribing corrupt lords to obtain and keep the larger share. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | VI. TO APHRODITE / VII. TO DIONYSUS / VIII. TO ARES / IX. TO ARTEMIS; lines 7071-7082 | high | “Muse, sing of Artemis, sister of the Far-shooter, the virgin who delights in arrows, who was fostered with Apollo.” | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XI. TO ATHENA / XII. TO HERA / XIII. TO DEMETER / XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS; lines 7106-7130 | medium | Hera is sung as golden-throned, daughter of Rhea, queen of the immortals, sister and wife of loud-thundering Zeus, and honored throughout high Olympus. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 714-814 | high | The Theban Cycle is described as including the Story of Oedipus, the Thebais, and the Epigoni; the Oedipodea is mostly unknown, and the Thebais begins with the fatal quarrel between Eteocles and Polyneices caused by their father’s curse. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS / XV. TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED / XVI. TO ASCLEPIUS / XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI; lines 7146-7162 | medium | The Muse is asked to sing of Castor and Polydeuces, the Tyndaridae, who sprang from Olympian Zeus; Leda bore them beneath Taygetus after the Son of Cronos privately bent her to his will. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXIV. TO HESTIA / XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO / XXVI. TO DIONYSUS / XXVII. TO ARTEMIS; lines 7308-7327 | high | “I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who cheers on the hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister to Apollo with the golden sword.” | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXVIII. TO ATHENA / XXIX. TO HESTIA / XXX. TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL / XXXI. TO HELIOS; lines 7390-7410 | medium | Hyperion wed his sister Euryphaessa, who bore Eos, Selene, and tireless Helios. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXX. TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL / XXXI. TO HELIOS / XXXII. TO SELENE / XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI; lines 7436-7453 | high | “Bright-eyed Muses, tell of the Tyndaridae, the Sons of Zeus,” including Castor and Polydeuces, children of Leda. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS / THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID; lines 7639-7678 | high | Oedipus calls down bitter curses before both sons, praying that they never divide their father's goods in loving brotherhood but that war and fighting be their portion; the avenging Fury hears him. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA; lines 7817-7923 | high | Castor is mortal and destined for death; Polydeuces is immortal. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE TAKING OF OECHALIA / THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES; lines 8328-8340 | high | The Cercopes are introduced as two brothers on earth who practiced every kind of knavery; they are associated with cunning deeds and named Passalus and Acmon. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9372-9514 | medium | Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas and Argonauts, delivered Phineus from the Harpies; the Strophades are explained as named because Iris turned them back from pursuing the Harpies there. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11029-11169 | high | Coon grieves over his brother Iphidamas, wounds Agamemnon near the elbow, tries to draw and shield the body, but Agamemnon kills him; he falls on his brother's breast, is beheaded, and the brothers go together below. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12814-12921 | high | Saturn's sons contend: Jove grants glory to Peleus' son and spares the Trojans for a time, while Neptune rises from the sea, aids the Greeks in concealed human form, and the armies are bound in an adamantine chain of war and discord. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.; lines 14089-14214 | medium | Acamas kills Promachus as Promachus draws away Acamas' slaughtered brother; Acamas says Promachus is a victim owed to his brother's death and that the brother enters Pluto's gate unappeased no longer. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS. / BOOK XV. / ARGUMENT. / THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX.; lines 14414-14560 | medium | Neptune replies that he is no vassal of Jove; he says the three brothers from Saturn and Rhea received realms by lot: Pluto below, Jove in the sky, and Neptune beneath the waves, with Olympus and earth common. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15646-15779 | medium | Antilochus kills Atymnius; Maris defends his brother's body and attacks, but Thrasimed cuts him down. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 24168-24311 | high | The brothers are said to have perished in combat with Lynceus and Idas while besieging Sparta; Virgil and others make them share immortality by turns. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES. / BOOK III. / ARGUMENT. / THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS.; lines 4447-4579 | high | Helen says she can name many chiefs but cannot find Castor and Pollux, her brothers, and wonders if they refused to sail or are ashamed to fight in her cause. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 3899-4008 | high | Hohodemi governs Japan, is fourth Mikoto in descent from Amaterasu, and is described as handsome, strong, brave, and the greatest hunter, called the Happy Hunter of the Mountains. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4010-4103 | medium | The Skillful Fisher remains angry over the lost hook, is said to have always hated his brother because of his virtues, and plans to kill him and usurp his place as ruler of Japan. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4436-4526 | high | The Skillful Fisher had used the lost hook as an excuse to drive out his brother, usurped his place as ruler, and became powerful and rich; he is surprised by the Happy Hunter's return. | record |
| Buddhist | Jataka tales | THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH MERCHANT / THE ELEPHANT GIRLY-FACE / THE BANYAN DEER / THE PRINCES AND THE WATER-SPRITE; lines 1228-1339 | medium | When the water-sprite offers to bring back one brother, the eldest asks for the younger one, saying their father sent them away on Sun Prince's account and he could not leave Sun Prince there. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 13318-13509 | medium | The brother asks the guest her name and origin; she replies that she is his sister, their mother’s daughter, and says they were fledglings of one bird in one nest; the brother weeps. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 18933-19124 | high | Kullervo opens treasure-boxes and displays gold, silver, silks, belts, and jewelry; the narration says silver leads to destruction and gold entices from uprightness, and the pair travel through evening and night in merrymaking. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4656-4840 | medium | Iron visits Fire, his elder brother; Fire attempts to consume him, and Iron flees into swamps, valleys, springs, rivers, and marshes. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 13289-13435 | medium | Joseph’s brothers say Joseph and his brother are favored, propose killing or expelling Joseph, and one advises casting him into the bottom of the well; they ask their father to send him with them, while the father fears a wolf may devour him. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 14253-14381 | high | Moses fears being killed for having slain one of Pharaoh's people and asks that his clearer-spoken brother Aaron be sent as help; God says his arm will be strengthened with his brother and both will be given power. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 5790-5982 | medium | Moses is told to go to Pharaoh; he asks God to enlarge his breast, ease his work, loosen his tongue, and give Aaron his brother as counsellor and colleague. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 13786-13838 | high | "the history of the two sons of Adam"; they offered offerings, and one was accepted while the other was not. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 13840-13919 | high | Notes identify Cain and Abel as Kbil and Hbil; each was born with a twin sister; Adam ordered cross-marriages by God’s direction; Cain refused; Adam ordered offerings to God; Cain offered poor corn and Abel a fat lamb. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20113-20209 | medium | The brothers say Joseph and his brother are dearer to their father than they are, though they are the greater number, and that their father judges wrongly. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20645-20715 | medium | Joseph receives Benjamin as his guest and tells him that he is his brother and should not be afflicted by what the others have done. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20801-20882 | medium | Commentary says Benjamin's injury was separation from his brother and subjection; Joseph's brethren recognize him by features or marks, and Joseph excuses their conduct as ignorance and youth. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28211-28268 | medium | Moses says Aaron is more eloquent and asks that he be sent as an assistant to gain him credit. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6483-6577 | high | Bendigeid Vran is crowned king and sits at Harlech on the rock above the sea with Manawyddan, Nissyen, Evnissyen, and nobles; Nissyen is gentle and peace-making, while Evnissyen causes strife among brothers at peace. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS; lines 8432-8528 | high | Lludd loves Llevelys most because he is wise and discreet; Llevelys asks Lludd's counsel about wooing the French king's only daughter and heir. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH VERSE / THE EPIC OF ANCIENT INDIA / BOOK I / ASTRA DARSANA; lines 121-264 | high | Introductory prose identifies Pandu and Dhrita-rashtra, the Pandava brothers, Duryodhan, Karna, the divine fathers of major heroes, and the Arjun-Karna rivalry, explicitly compared to Achilles and Hector. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH VERSE / THE EPIC OF ANCIENT INDIA / BOOK I / ASTRA DARSANA; lines 266-412 | high | Karna, called Pritha's eldest son, speaks to Arjun, called Pritha's youngest; each is unknown to the other, and Karna says he can accomplish Arjun's feats and greater before the host. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 4649-4677 | high | Bhishma says, “Arjun is thy brother, Karna,” urges him to end the fraternal war, and not to seek his brother's blood. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 6265-6356 | high | Pritha reveals that Karna, slain by Arjun and formerly thought to be Radha's son, was her eldest son; she says the Sun inspired his birth and he shone with Surya's lustre. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10072-10148 | medium | The fable summary says Tereus marries Progne, loves and ravishes Philomela, cuts out her tongue, confines her in a forest stronghold, and Philomela sends Progne a woven cloth telling her story. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10277-10351 | medium | Progne unfolds the web, reads her sister's mournful tale, is silent from grief, cannot find words or tears, and turns to contriving revenge. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10625-10637 | medium | Apollodorus and Pausanias are said to treat the story as historical: Boreas, king of Thrace, seized Orithyia, daughter of Erectheus and sister of Procris, as she passed the river Ilissus and carried her to his dominions. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4054-4143 | medium | Envy places Herse, Herse’s fortunate marriage, and the beautiful god before Aglauros; Aglauros is tormented day and night and burns at Herse’s good fortune like fire under thorny reeds. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4421-4519 | medium | When Cadmus prepares to take arms, one earth-born man tells him not to take up arms or engage in civil war. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5378-5452 | medium | Pausanias’s Bœotian variant says Narcissus lost a beloved sister who resembled him and was his hunting companion, then saw himself in a fountain, thought it her shade, pined away, and died near Donacon. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | PRINCIPAL TRANSFORMATIONS MENTIONED IN / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 274-294 | medium | Miletus flees from Minos, arrives in Asia, and becomes father of Byblis and Caunus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3241-3332 | high | The fable summary says Byblis loves her brother Caunus; he leaves his country to avoid encouraging her passion; she follows him through Caria and is changed into a fountain. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3334-3411 | high | Miletus voluntarily flees in a swift ship across the Aegean, founds a city in Asia bearing his name, and with Cyane, daughter of the winding river Mæander, has the double offspring Byblis and Caunus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3576-3652 | medium | Ops, also called Cybele, Rhea, and the great Mother, is daughter of Cœlus or Uranus and wife of her brother Saturn; Oceanus, son of Cœlus and Vesta, married his sister Tethys. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3655-3750 | high | Ovid and Antoninus Liberalis are said to make Byblis travel in search of her brother to Caria; Antoninus has her transformed into a Hamadryad near a mountain summit, while Ovid has her changed into a fountain bearing her name. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO.; lines 2200-2277 | high | Apollo’s fierce rays can spread disease and sudden death; he and Artemis share the death function; in the Iliad he sends pestilence into the Greek camp with death-bringing arrows. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | HECATE. / SELENE (LUNA). / ARTEMIS (DIANA). / ARCADIAN ARTEMIS.; lines 2782-2879 | high | Arcadian Artemis is identified as daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin-sister of Apollo. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ARTEMIS (DIANA). / ARCADIAN ARTEMIS. / EPHESIAN ARTEMIS. / BRAURONIAN ARTEMIS.; lines 2976-3057 | high | Pylades sees that the letter is addressed to Orestes; Iphigenia and Orestes recognize each other, and she escapes with Orestes and Pylades from Taurica. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THETIS. / LEUCOTHEA. / THE SIRENS. / ARES (MARS).; lines 3568-3630 | high | Athene opposes Ares, assists Diomedes at Troy, and Diomedes wounds Ares, who exits the field roaring. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE). / NEMESIS. / NYX (NOX). / THANATOS (MORS) AND HYPNUS (SOMNUS).; lines 4562-4601 | high | Thanatos and Hypnus are twin brothers, children of Nyx, dwelling in the realm of shades; Thanatos is feared and hated by mortals, while Hypnus is loved and welcomed. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THANATOS (MORS) AND HYPNUS (SOMNUS). / MORPHEUS. / THE GORGONS. / GRAEAE.; lines 4663-4680 | medium | The Graeae are three named sisters, Pephredo, Enyo, and Dino, and act as servants to their sisters the Gorgons. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | FORTUNA. / ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE.; lines 4825-4914 | medium | Aphrodite asks Themis why Eros does not grow; Themis advises a companion, Anteros is given as playfellow, and Eros grows only while with him. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 6955-7048 | high | Athamas, king of Boeotia, married Nephele; their children were Helle and Phryxus. He later married Ino, who hated the stepchildren and planned their destruction. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.; lines 8919-8977 | high | Eteocles sends a herald proposing single combat with Polynices; the duel occurs outside the city walls, and both brothers die on the battlefield. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10667-10774 | medium | Gudrun learns Swanhild's fate, arms Sörli, Hamdir, and Erp with gear vulnerable only to stone, sends them to avenge their sister, dies of grief, and is burned on a pyre. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 13084-13166 | medium | Swanhild's brothers Erp, Hamdir, and Sörli hasten to avenge her death, compared with Castor and Pollux rescuing Helen. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN; lines 1582-1707 | high | In spring Odin provides a boat for the brothers. Near shore Geirrod jumps out, pushes the boat back, tells Agnar to sail into evil spirit power, lies to his father, and eventually succeeds to the throne. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7325-7472 | medium | Odin and Frigga have twin sons: Hodur, blind and dark, and Balder, radiant, pure, light-bearing, and loved by gods and men. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9196-9315 | medium | At the wedding, Signy is dismayed by Siggeir but conceals her dislike; only her twin brother Sigmund suspects her reluctance. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXV. The Parle. / Canto LXXVI. Debarred From Heaven. / BOOK II. / Canto I. The Heir Apparent.; lines 10122-10301 | high | Ráma smiles at Lakshmaṇ and tells him to be joint-ruler, his second self, and sharer in his fortune. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXVI. Debarred From Heaven. / BOOK II. / Canto I. The Heir Apparent. / Canto VI. The City Decorated.; lines 10745-10818 | medium | The speaker says Śatrughna would go with Bharat because he loves him, just as Lakshmaṇ cleaves to Ráma. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence.; lines 12983-13145 | medium | Lakshmana urges Rama to secure the throne with his brother’s bow, threatens to desolate Ayodhya and kill those on Bharata’s side, and questions giving Rama’s right to Bharata. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 13451-13616 | high | Lakshman says the father and Kaikeyi should be exiled instead, accuses them of trying to make Bharat king, says Rama's empire is justly his, and offers to guard the realm. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love.; lines 14506-14679 | high | Lakshman hears the couple, weeps, presses Rama's feet, asks to make the woods his home too, offers to take his bow and go before them, and rejects heaven, immortality, and rule of the three worlds without Rama. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love.; lines 14681-14760 | high | Lakshman replies to Rama, saying Bharat will care for the queens, threatening vengeance if ill counsel prevails, noting Kausalya’s resources, and asking to follow Rama to aid his brother. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.; lines 15788-15957 | medium | Sumitrā tells Lakshmaṇ to tend Rāma faithfully, to view Rāma as Daśaratha, Sītā as herself, and the forest cot as Ayodhyā, then blesses his going and return. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.; lines 15959-16110 | medium | Sita boards a sun-bright chariot; Rama and Lakshman enter; Sita has robes and ornaments from the king; nets, weapons, armor, basket, and spade are loaded; Sumantra drives the swift horses. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXVIII. The Dangers Of The Wood. / Canto XXX. The Triumph Of Love. / Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark.; lines 16417-16587 | medium | Lakshmaṇ is said to hold the same high course with Ráma. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 17201-17374 | high | Guha has the horses watered and fed. Rama performs evening rites in bark, drinks stream water drawn by Lakshman, has his feet bathed, and rests with Sita by the river while Guha, Lakshman, and the charioteer keep watch. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 17376-17479 | medium | Sumantra grieves and says Rama’s deed is unmatched; he describes Rama with his brother and wife leading forest life and laments serving Kaikeyi’s will. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 17768-17920 | high | Rama lies on leaf-spread ground instead of a royal bed and converses with Lakshmana. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXII. The Gift Of The Treasures. / Canto XXXVII. The Coats Of Bark. / Canto XLVI. The Halt. / Canto XLIX. The Crossing Of The Rivers.; lines 18361-18525 | medium | “my two dear sons … Like the bright Twins … The heavenly Aśvins” seeking the woods beneath Mandar’s peak. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXVII. The Gathering Of The Ashes. / Canto LXXX. The Way Prepared. / Canto LXXXI. The Assembly. / Canto LXXXII. The Departure.; lines 21596-21735 | medium | Bharat joins his hands, says he will greet Ráma in the pathless shade, declares Ráma his king, and states that if he cannot bring him back he will dwell in the wood with Ráma and Lakshmaṇ; he also says pioneers have been sent to clear the road. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXI. The Assembly. / Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat.; lines 22113-22211 | medium | Lakṣmaṇa gathers sacred grass and spreads a bed with his own hands for Rāma and faithful Sītā to lie on together. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXI. The Assembly. / Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat.; lines 22214-22350 | medium | Bharat says he will complete Ráma’s banishment term, Śatrughna will share his exile, and Ráma with Lakshmaṇ should return to rule Ayodhyá and be consecrated by twice-born men. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXII. The Departure. / Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage.; lines 22780-22932 | medium | Bharat joins his hands, bends his head, says every man and beast was satisfied, and asks the sage to tell him how far and which way to Rāma’s lone retreat. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage. / Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 23639-23817 | high | Bharat says he will not rest until he sees Ráma, Lakshmaṇ, and Sítá, places Ráma’s feet on his head, and sees Ráma regain hereditary rule with consecrating drops poured on him. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXXXIII. The Journey Begun. / Canto LXXXV. Guha And Bharat. / Canto XC. The Hermitage. / Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 23639-23817 | medium | Ráma tells Lakshmaṇ there is no need for weapons against Bharat; he swore to do his father’s will, rejects gains won by harming kin, and says his aims are for his brothers’ welfare. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XCVIII. Lakshman Calmed. / Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned. / Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation.; lines 24240-24301 | medium | Ráma retraces his path up the pleasant mountain side, reaches his cottage door, and strains his brothers to his breast. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned. / Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation. / Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens.; lines 24571-24710 | medium | Bharata asks compassion with head bent low, compares the requested pity to the Great Father’s, and says he will live in the forest with Rama if Rama remains there. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens. / Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth. / Canto CXI. Counsel To Bharat. / Canto CXII. The Sandals.; lines 25476-25637 | high | Vaśishṭha counsels Bharat to hold the gold-decked sandals; Ráma rises, looks east, and gives them to Bharat so they may guard the land, and Bharat bears them to Ayodhyá. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto VIII. The Hermitage. / Canto XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter.; lines 28380-28529 | medium | At daybreak Rama goes to bathe at a stream; behind him Sita and Lakshmana come, Lakshmana bearing a pitcher and speaking to his brother. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation.; lines 28687-28811 | medium | Rāma tells Śūrpaṇakhā that Sītā is his true wife and that Lakṣmaṇ is unmarried, heroic, and suitable for her embrace. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation. / Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara.; lines 28814-28991 | high | Śúrpaṇakhá names Daśaratha’s sons Ráma and Lakshmaṇ, describes their ascetic forest life and a fair young woman with them, and asks to drink their lifeblood in revenge. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation. / Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara.; lines 28993-29034 | medium | Śúrpaṇakhá sees her champions die, flees with wounds to her brother Khara, bends at his feet, weeps, and tells him of the bloody fray and the champions’ fall. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation. / Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara.; lines 29037-29175 | high | "I sought thee in my shame and fear / With severed nose and mangled ear"; she also says her wounds bled. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30882-30972 | medium | Lakshmaṇ is described as dear to Ráma, equal in gifts and warrior might, devoted to his great brother, and ready to stand by him as a second self or better hand. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 34769-34911 | medium | Lakshmaṇ urges Ráma not to despair and to search the hill, caves, ravines, groves, streams, bamboo, and thickets where Sítá may be wandering or hiding. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved.; lines 34913-35099 | medium | Ráma vents grief over his wife; Lakshmaṇ grows pale and afraid; the next canto presents Ráma as reft of his love and overwhelmed by sorrow. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes.; lines 3510-3648 | high | Rāma loves Lakṣmaṇa best from infancy; Lakṣmaṇa waits on Rāma, cannot rest or eat unless Rāma does, and accompanies him hunting with a bow. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes.; lines 3510-3648 | medium | Kaikeyī bears Bharata, one fourth of Viṣṇu manifest; Sumitrā bears Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna, who share Viṣṇu's essence; additional lunar and zodiacal details accompany the births. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36000-36166 | high | Lakshman regains courage and tells Rama that the giant relies on huge arm-strength; he urges Rama to smite off the arms with a sword. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36293-36417 | medium | Kabandha names Sugrīva, says Bāli expelled him, and locates him with four faithful chieftains on Rishyamūka hill near Pampā’s waters; Sugrīva is praised as a just and capable Vānar lord. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha.; lines 36743-36860 | high | Lakshmaṇ agrees to go; the brothers leave the grove, travel through flowered woods with birds, pools, and trees, and Ráma bathes at Matanga’s water. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 36878-37042 | medium | The forest includes bright flowers, trees, creepers, animals including snake, cool breezes, bees, and wind springing from a mountain cave. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 37153-37300 | medium | The speaker tells his dear brother to look at Pampá, a mountain height, Cassia trees, ores, wind-swept blossoms, and Paláśa flowers blazing on leafless sprays. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 37302-37465 | high | Rama laments helplessly in sorrow, and Lakshman replies with counsel, urging him not to sink under grief. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 37608-37782 | medium | Lakshman identifies Rama as Dasaratha's eldest heir, expelled from home; Sita came with Rama, and Lakshman followed as brother and servant. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LI. The Combat. / Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV.; lines 37784-37809 | medium | Lakshman honors the speaker’s words and says the Vanar chief, son of the wind-ruling god, has declared that Sugriva will be assisted in his need. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League.; lines 37812-37948 | medium | Sugriva tells Rama he wanders in woe and fear, deprived of his spouse, and has long suffered wrong from his brother Bali; he asks Rama to release him from distress. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.; lines 38129-38274 | medium | Sugriva sees a Sal tree, tears a leafy bough for seats for himself and Rama, and Hanuman brings a bough so Lakshman may rest; the scene is on a mountain brow. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.; lines 38276-38433 | high | Sugriva says Bali, as the eldest son, was made king by the lords after their father's death, and Sugriva served his government faithfully. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens.; lines 38436-38573 | high | Sugriva says citizens and lords saw his distress, made him king against his will, and that he held the town, people, lords, lands, and kingdom in trust for Bali. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto V. The League. / Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees.; lines 38928-39087 | high | Sugriva gazes amazed at the cloven trees, prostrates himself, praises Rama's arrow, and asks him as a friend to strike down Bali, his brother-foe. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 39199-39290 | medium | Ráma promises that one shaft from his bowstring will free Sugríva, asks to see the foe whose deeds belie a brother’s name, and affirms that he has never lied and will keep his oath. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 39293-39452 | high | Tárá urges Báli to accept her advice, end fraternal discord, consecrate Sugríva as partner in rule, become friend to Sugríva and Ráma, and regain his brother's love. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 39760-39927 | high | "Thou, Báli, in thy brother’s life / Hast robbed him of his wedded wife, / And keepest ... / His Rumá for thine own delight." | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40241-40395 | medium | Báli lies dying, looks at Sugríva, attributes events to Fate, yields the Vánar realm, and says he must go at Yáma’s call to Yáma’s gloomy hall. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 43901-44053 | high | Sampati mourns Jatayus and recalls that the two brothers flew toward the sun; he shielded Jatayus, his feathers burned away, and he fell on Vindhya hill. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 44197-44375 | high | Nisakar recognizes Sampati as the elder of two vulture brothers, former vulture kings who could take forms at will and visit him in human shape, and asks what caused Sampati’s altered state. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXVIII. The Ascent Of Suvela. / Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night.; lines 52243-52407 | high | Ráma says life and the rescue of his imprisoned wife no longer matter if Lakshmaṇ is slain; he says Sítá might be found again, but never such a brother, friend, guardian, and guide, and vows not to live if Lakshmaṇ is dead. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 64572-64708 | medium | Rohiṇī is the ninth Nakshatra, personified as Daksha’s daughter and the favorite wife of the Moon; Aldebaran is named as its principal star. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | CONTENTS / INVOCATION.(1) / BOOK I.(6) / OM.(8); lines 690-862 | medium | Dasaratha complies through duty; Rama goes obediently into banishment; Lakshman shares the exile for his brother’s sake; Sita, Rama’s wife of Janak’s line, clings to him and is compared to Rohini with the Moon. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11171-11287 | medium | Id and Laeg are identified as brothers. Id releases the stream and undoes the Gae Bulga's setting. Cuchulain turns purple and red, leaps onto Ferdiad's shield, and is hurled nine paces across the ford; the sequence repeats as Laeg and Id contend. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 14158-14287 | high | MacRoth reports two fair young warriors at the head of a company on the hill in Slane of Meath; they are wholly alike, similarly clothed and armed, nearly the same age, and step together so that neither goes ahead of the other. | record |
| Maya/Kiche | The Popol Vuh | The Second Book, Hero Twins in Xibalba | high | Hun-Came and Vukub-Came hear the twins at ball and decide to lure them to the Underworld as they lured their fathers. | record |