Motif
Blood-generated avenging or armed beings
blood_generated_avenging_or_armed_beings
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
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 2556-2655 confidence: high
Heaven comes to Earth; Cronos reaches from ambush, cuts off his father's members with the sickle, and casts them away. Blood drops fall to Earth, producing the Erinyes, Giants, and Meliae.
Blood from Heaven falls onto Earth and produces the Erinyes, Giants with armor and spears, and Meliae nymphs.
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