Motif
blood etiologically changes a tree's fruit color
blood_etiologically_changes_a_tree_s_fruit_color
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
"The fruit of the tree, by the sprinkling of the blood, are changed to a dark tint" and the root tints the hanging mulberries purple.
Pyramus' blood stains the mulberry tree and changes its hanging fruit from white to purple.
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