Motif
catching the dying breath
catching_the_dying_breath
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token 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 12482-12529 confidence: high
Footnote 118 explains an allusion to the prevalent custom of catching the breath of a dying person in the mouth.
A footnote describes the prevalent custom of catching a dying person’s breath in the mouth.
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