Motif
armed men grown from sown dragon’s teeth
armed_men_grown_from_sown_dragon_s_teeth
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH.; lines 10726-10814 confidence: high
He sows dragon’s teeth from a brazen helmet into the ploughed field; the drugged earth softens the seed, and armed human bodies arise from the pregnant earth.
Dragon’s teeth are sown into a ploughed field and grow into armed human bodies who fight the hero and then kill one another.
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