Motif
collective heroic hunt against a monstrous beast
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. 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 VIII-XV BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 985-1065 confidence: high
A catalogue lists many heroes present for the hunt, including the sons of Tyndarus, Jason, Theseus and Pirithoüs, Caeneus now no longer a woman, Telamon, Peleus, Nestor, and Atalanta.
A large group of named heroes gathers, tracks, attacks, and is endangered by a powerful boar.
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