Motif
ambiguous or substitute fatherhood
ambiguous_or_substitute_fatherhood
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Unusual Conception, Sacred Birth, and Fertility. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2602-2612 confidence: medium
Footnote 115 identifies Merops as king of Ethiopia, husband of the nymph Clymene, and either Phaëton’s stepfather or putative father.
The note reports alternative accounts in which Merops is Phaëton’s stepfather or putative father.
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