Motif
blood enabling recognition by a ghost
blood_enabling_recognition_by_a_ghost
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. 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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The Odyssey BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5070-5169 confidence: high
After Proserpine dismisses female ghosts, Agamemnon's ghost approaches with those who died with him; after tasting blood he recognizes Ulysses and tries to embrace him without strength or substance.
Agamemnon's ghost recognizes Ulysses only after tasting the blood.
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