Motif
cannibal giant in a cave
cannibal_giant_in_a_cave
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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Aeneidos LIBER II / PUBLI VERGILI MARONIS / AENEIDOS / LIBER III; lines 2400-2511 confidence: high
The Cyclops' home is dark and huge, marked by gore and bloody feasts; the monster is enormous, hard to look at or address, and eats human entrails and dark blood.
Polyphemus' home is a vast dark cave stained by gore, and he is described eating human flesh and blood.
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1997-2067 confidence: high
The cave is described as bloody, huge, and dim; the giant is immense, inhospitable, eats human flesh and blood, and crushes two men on a rock before eating them.
The Cyclops is a huge cave-dwelling figure who catches, crushes, and eats human companions.
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