Motif
Blood causing transformation or generation
blood_causing_transformation_or_generation
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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV.; lines 313-336 confidence: high
"Pyramus and Thisbe, by whose blood the mulberry is turned from white to black"
Pyramus and Thisbe's blood changes the mulberry's color, and Medusa's blood produces serpents.
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