Motif
birth of avengers from wounded divine blood
birth_of_avengers_from_wounded_divine_blood
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome PLUTUS. / MINOR DIVINITIES. / THE HARPIES. / ERINYES, EUMENIDES (FURIAE, DIRAE).; lines 4404-4453 confidence: medium
Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone are named; their origins are given as either the blood of Uranus wounded by Cronus, in Hesiod, or as daughters of Night in other accounts.
According to the Hesiodic account summarized here, the Erinyes sprang from the blood of Uranus when he was wounded by Cronus.
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