Motif
bird omen confirms companions' safety
bird_omen_confirms_companions_safety
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Animal and Bird Omens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 402-491 confidence: high
Venus says Aeneas has reached the Tyrian city with divine favor, tells him to go to the queen's courts, and interprets twelve swans as a sign that his ships and crews are safe or entering harbor.
Venus points to twelve swans and interprets their safe gathering as corresponding to Aeneas' ships and crews returning to harbor.
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