Motif
Alluring marvel used as a snare
alluring_marvel_used_as_a_snare
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica DOUBTFUL FRAGMENTS / THE HOMERIC HYMNS / I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER; lines 5177-5263 confidence: high
Persephone gathers flowers with the daughters of Oceanus; Earth makes the narcissus grow at Zeus's will as a snare, and the earth opens at Nysa as the Host of Many emerges with horses.
The narcissus is explicitly described as a marvelous flower made by Earth at Zeus's will to please the Host of Many and to be a snare for the girl.
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