Motif
bride won by dangerous contest
bride_won_by_dangerous_contest
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. 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 VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5309-5389 confidence: high
Alarmed by the oracle, Atalanta lives single in the shady woods and tells suitors that marriage is granted only if she is surpassed in speed, while death is the penalty for the slow.
Marriage to Atalanta is offered only to the suitor who defeats her in a running contest; death is the penalty for losing.
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