Motif
child carried over water by dolphins
child_carried_over_water_by_dolphins
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7033-7078 confidence: high
The burden is Ino's son Melicerta, who according to Pausanias was received by dolphins and landed by them on the isthmus of Corinth.
Melicerta is said to have been received by dolphins and landed by them on the isthmus of Corinth.
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