Motif
Combat with fire, trees, stones, and improvised natural weapons
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. 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. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7789-7876 confidence: high
Rhœtus kills Evagrus with glowing flames after Evagrus protests Corythus' death; Dryas wounds Rhœtus with a burnt stake; several figures flee; Astylos tells Nessus he is reserved for Hercules' bow; Dryas kills additional named figures.
The passage repeatedly describes weapons made from or involving fire, burnt stakes, oak, ash, pine, mountain stone, and animal horns.
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