Motif
ancestral or heroic weapons carrying memory of prior combat
ancestral_or_heroic_weapons_carrying_memory_of_prior_combat
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3046-3130 confidence: high
Entellus throws down giant gloves of sevenfold oxhide sewn with lead and iron and says they belonged to Eryx and were used in the fight with Alcides.
The heavy gloves are linked to Eryx and to his fatal encounter with Alcides, and their physical stains preserve the memory of violence.
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