Motif
animal sent ahead to test a dangerous passage
animal_sent_ahead_to_test_a_dangerous_passage
A motif of the The Hero's Journey 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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The Argonautica INTRODUCTION / THE ARGONAUTICA / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 2012-2098 confidence: high
The ship reaches a narrow winding strait between rugged cliffs; the crashing rocks resound, Euphemus takes the dove, and Tiphys commands the rowers to drive Argo between the rocks.
Euphemus releases a dove before the ship enters; the bird’s tail-feathers are clipped by the rocks, foreshadowing the ship’s later clipped stern-ornament.
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