Motif
body mark as memorial of primordial condition
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A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Body Mark Memorializing a Primordial Condition. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 1661-1745 confidence: high
After Zeus cuts humans apart, Apollo is ordered to turn face and neck, heal wounds, shape the body, fasten the belly’s drawn-in skin at the navel, and leave marks as a memorial of the original condition.
The navel and wrinkles near it are left as a memorial of the primeval state after bodily reshaping.
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