Motif
Bleeding tree reveals murdered dead
bleeding_tree_reveals_murdered_dead
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1498-1588 confidence: high
Aeneas sacrifices to his mother, the daughter of Dione, to all the gods, and to the high lord of heaven; a nearby mound is crowned with cornel and myrtle, from which he tries to tear green wood for altar boughs.
The torn cornel and myrtle stems bleed black blood, and a voice from beneath the mound identifies the wounded growth with Polydorus's pierced body.
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