Motif
ancestral myth as prophecy of later history
ancestral_myth_as_prophecy_of_later_history
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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norse
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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda NOTES. / ENEA. / HERIKON. / THE HISTORICAL ODIN.; lines 5061-5161 confidence: medium
The historical Odin is compared with Heimskringla and Aeneas traditions; the story is called myth but said to function as history. Roman myth of Romulus, Remus, Mars, wolf, and fratricide is described as prophetic of Rome.
The passage says Roman and Teutonic legends foreshadow later historical events and function as compact mirrors of a people’s later career.
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