Motif
Artificial beloved brought to life
artificial_beloved_brought_to_life
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 VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4756-4855 confidence: high
Pygmalion lives without a wife, carves a snow-white ivory statue of surpassing beauty, and conceives a passion for the fictitious body.
Pygmalion loves an ivory female image; after Venus’s favorable response, the image becomes a living maiden and wife.
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