Motif
binding underworld food
binding_underworld_food
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Enchanted Foods and Potions Causing Binding, Sleep, and Forgetting. 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 DOUBTFUL FRAGMENTS / THE HOMERIC HYMNS / I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER; lines 5445-5542 confidence: high
Persephone rejoices; Hades secretly gives her sweet pomegranate seed, prepares his golden chariot and deathless horses, and Hermes drives her to Demeter's temple.
Hades secretly gives Persephone sweet pomegranate seed so that she will not remain continually with Demeter.
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