Motif
Bereaved parent incites collective revenge
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE; lines 8436-8539 confidence: high
Crumb-snatcher dies on the water; Lick-platter sees it and tells the Mice, who summon an assembly at Bread-nibbler's house at dawn.
Bread-nibbler speaks as a father who has lost sons and persuades the Mice to arm against the Frogs after Crumb-snatcher's death.
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