Motif
bride-for-peace or bride-for-safety exchange
bride_for_peace_or_bride_for_safety_exchange
A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7632-7661 confidence: medium
Andromeda's exposure may be based on her parents contracting her against her will to a fierce piratical prince who raided nearby seas, on condition that Cepheus' realms be left undisturbed; Perseus then slew the pirate.
The betrothal is said to be made on condition that the piratical prince allow Cepheus' realms to remain free and undisturbed.
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