Motif
Blood changes the color of a tree's fruit
blood_changes_the_color_of_a_tree_s_fruit
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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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH.; lines 5945-6031 confidence: high
Pyramus's blood spurts upward; the tree's fruit is changed to a dark tint and the blood-soaked root tints the mulberries purple.
Pyramus's blood strikes and soaks the mulberry tree, changing the fruit from white to dark or purple.
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