Motif
Bird transformed as divine punishment for news
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A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Punitive Transformations. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9516-9643 confidence: high
The crow was originally white but was turned black by Apollo in anger at the news the bird brought.
Apollo turns the crow from white to black in anger at the news brought by the bird.
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