AWA Ancient Wisdom Atlas texts, motifs, patterns

Comparative mythology corpus

Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness

25 tagged occurrences across 7 traditions.

The repeated structure is stronger than ordinary combat: apparent invulnerability is limited by an omitted exception, exposed body point, special method, or self-disclosed weakness.

25total occurrences
25child motifs
7traditions present
800 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
Strongest Child Motifs
Huntress In Secluded Grove Becomes Vulnerable When Separated From Weapons 1 Invulnerability Boon With Overlooked Human Vulnerability 1 Invulnerable Warrior Resistant To Weapons 1 Monster Invulnerable To Ordinary Weapons Killed By Alternate Means 1 Monster Slaying Through Indirect Sight 1 Armored Or Protected Enemy Defeated Through A Single Exposed Point 1 Boon With Fatal Omitted Exception 1 Boon With Omitted Vulnerability 1 Boon Protected Antagonist With Excluded Opponent Class 1 Divine Boon With Fatal Exception 1
Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

Child MotifRelationshipOccurrencesTraditions
Huntress In Secluded Grove Becomes Vulnerable When Separated From Weapons functional_variant 1 1
Invulnerability Boon With Overlooked Human Vulnerability narrower_than 1 1
Invulnerable Warrior Resistant To Weapons narrower_than 1 1
Monster Invulnerable To Ordinary Weapons Killed By Alternate Means functional_variant 1 1
Monster Slaying Through Indirect Sight child 1 1
Armored Or Protected Enemy Defeated Through A Single Exposed Point narrower_than 1 1
Boon With Fatal Omitted Exception child 1 1
Boon With Omitted Vulnerability child 1 1
Boon Protected Antagonist With Excluded Opponent Class child 1 1
Divine Boon With Fatal Exception narrower_than 1 1
Enemy Made Invulnerable By A Boon With Exceptions narrower_than 1 1
Failed Execution By Elements And Tree Hanging functional_variant 1 1
Hero Killed Through A Vulnerable Heel child 1 1
Hero Slain Through A Vulnerable Body Part child 1 1
Hidden Fugitive Exposed By His Own Action heuristic_keyword_match 1 1
Invulnerability Boon With Fatal Human Exception narrower_than 1 1
Invulnerable Or Iron Framed Warrior Withstands Blows narrower_than 1 1
Invulnerable Or Weapon Resistant Warrior Body narrower_than 1 1
Invulnerable Warrior Defeated By Crushing Weight functional_variant 1 1
Invulnerable Warrior Defeated Without Piercing Wounds functional_variant 1 1
Monster Reveals Or Discloses Its Own Vulnerability child 1 1
Monster Self Destruction After Fulfilled Solution Condition functional_variant 1 1
Partial Blindness And Vulnerability functional_variant 1 1
Small Aperture Defeats Protective Enclosure functional_variant 1 1
Uncurable Wound With Heart Displaced functional_variant 1 1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.
Hindu 9 Roman 6 Celtic Irish 3 Comparative 2 Greek 2 Greek/Roman 2 Finnish/Karelian 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

9 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Invulnerability Boon With Overlooked Human Vulnerability (1), Monster Invulnerable To Ordinary Weapons Killed By Alternate Means (1), Boon With Fatal Omitted Exception (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 9 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO.; lines 57501-57580 high Boon With Fatal Omitted Exception record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CXII. The Sandals. / Canto CXIX. The Forest. / BOOK III. / Canto I. The Hermitage.; lines 26575-26704 high Monster Invulnerable To Ordinary Weapons Killed By Alternate Means record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CXXIX. The Meeting With Bharat. / Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN.; lines 57286-57377 high Boon With Omitted Vulnerability record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL.; lines 57379-57463 high Invulnerability Boon With Overlooked Human Vulnerability record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXV. The Tidings. / BOOK VI.(895) / Canto IV. The March. / Canto XI. The Summons.; lines 49613-49779 medium Enemy Made Invulnerable By A Boon With Exceptions record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLII. The Giants Roused. / Canto XLIII. The Ruin Of The Temple. / Canto XLV. The Seven Defeated. / Canto XLVI. The Captains.; lines 47376-47437 medium Invulnerable Or Iron Framed Warrior Withstands Blows record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52910-53064 medium Boon Protected Antagonist With Excluded Opponent Class record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 53175-53341 high Invulnerability Boon With Fatal Human Exception record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62092-62214 high Divine Boon With Fatal Exception record
Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Huntress In Secluded Grove Becomes Vulnerable When Separated From Weapons (1), Invulnerable Warrior Resistant To Weapons (1), Monster Slaying Through Indirect Sight (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3358-3456 medium Huntress In Secluded Grove Becomes Vulnerable When Separated From Weapons record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7577-7629 high Monster Slaying Through Indirect Sight record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8398-8452 high Hero Killed Through A Vulnerable Heel record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7648-7732 high Invulnerable Warrior Resistant To Weapons record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7964-8061 high Invulnerable Warrior Defeated By Crushing Weight record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH.; lines 7423-7527 high Invulnerable Warrior Defeated Without Piercing Wounds record
Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Armored Or Protected Enemy Defeated Through A Single Exposed Point (1), Invulnerable Or Weapon Resistant Warrior Body (1), Uncurable Wound With Heart Displaced (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge and Gods and Fighting Men. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON / CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS; lines 7921-7957 high Armored Or Protected Enemy Defeated Through A Single Exposed Point record
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 12074-12189 high Uncurable Wound With Heart Displaced record
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 9434-9566 high Invulnerable Or Weapon Resistant Warrior Body record
Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Monster Reveals Or Discloses Its Own Vulnerability (1), Small Aperture Defeats Protective Enclosure (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
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 5381-5418 high Small Aperture Defeats Protective Enclosure record
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 6928-6980 medium Monster Reveals Or Discloses Its Own Vulnerability record
Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Hidden Fugitive Exposed By His Own Action (1), Partial Blindness And Vulnerability (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aesop's Fables; a new translation. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE EAGLE, THE JACKDAW, AND THE SHEPHERD / THE WOLF AND THE BOY / THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS / THE STAG AND THE VINE; lines 3605-3618 high Hidden Fugitive Exposed By His Own Action record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FARMER AND THE FOX / VENUS AND THE CAT / THE CROW AND THE SWAN / THE STAG WITH ONE EYE; lines 3210-3223 medium Partial Blindness And Vulnerability record
Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Hero Slain Through A Vulnerable Body Part (1), Monster Self Destruction After Fulfilled Solution Condition (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MORPHEUS. / THE GORGONS. / GRAEAE. / SPHINX.; lines 4682-4726 high Monster Self Destruction After Fulfilled Solution Condition record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9687-9774 high Hero Slain Through A Vulnerable Body Part record
Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Failed Execution By Elements And Tree Hanging (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17616-17811 high Failed Execution By Elements And Tree Hanging record
Converges

Shared Structure

The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Celtic Irish leans toward Armored Or Protected Enemy Defeated Through A Single Exposed Point; Hindu leans toward Invulnerability Boon With Overlooked Human Vulnerability; Finnish/Karelian leans toward Failed Execution By Elements And Tree Hanging; Roman leans toward Huntress In Secluded Grove Becomes Vulnerable When Separated From Weapons; Greek/Roman leans toward Hero Slain Through A Vulnerable Body Part; Greek leans toward Hidden Fugitive Exposed By His Own Action.

Comparison Mode

Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.
ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 9 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 2 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 2 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 9 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 3 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 1 tagged occurrences