Motif
animal battle ending as a one-day war
animal_battle_ending_as_a_one_day_war
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE; lines 8541-8639 confidence: high
Early battle sequence: Loud-croaker, Troglodyte, Beety, Bread-nibbler, Pond-larker, Ocimides, Lickman, and others wound or kill opponents; the lake and shore are marked by blood before a lacuna.
The passage presents Frogs and Mice as opposing armies with named warriors, weapons, casualties, flight, and a stated end of the one-day war at sunset.
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