Motif
benevolent goddess grants gifts to humans
benevolent_goddess_grants_gifts_to_humans
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. 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 VIII. TO ARES / IX. TO ARTEMIS / X. TO APHRODITE / XI. TO ATHENA; lines 7085-7103 confidence: medium
The speaker will sing of Cytherea, born in Cyprus; she gives kindly gifts to men and has smiles and brightness on her face.
Aphrodite is described as giving kindly gifts to men and is asked to grant a cheerful song.
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