Motif
auspicious first words and first actions shape the year
auspicious_first_words_and_first_actions_shape_the_year
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle 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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Fasti MAIUS. LIB. V. / JUNIUS. LIB. VI. / P. OVIDII NASONIS FASTORUM / LIBER I.; lines 1214-1342 confidence: high
Janus explains first-day activity, first offerings to him for access to the gods, and auspicious Kalends speech because omens belong to beginnings and divine ears are open.
Janus says that omens belong to beginnings, that first speech is heeded, that divine ears are open, and that first-day work prevents the whole year from being idle.
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