Motif
abundant faraway land
abundant_faraway_land
A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 1561-1661 confidence: high
Menelaus describes Libya as a place where lambs have horns at birth, sheep lamb three times a year, and cheese, meat, and milk are abundant because ewes yield all year.
Menelaus describes Libya as a land where animals are unusually fertile and dairy, meat, and milk are plentiful all year.
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