Motif
bound ruler after failure to provide necessities
bound_ruler_after_failure_to_provide_necessities
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 9536-9682 confidence: medium
The scholion on Apollonius Rhodius is cited for Herodorus's unusual account concerning the bonds of Prometheus, saying that Prometheus was king of the Scythians.
The cited Herodorus account presents Prometheus as a Scythian king who cannot provide necessities because of flooding and is then bound by the Scythians.
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