Motif
concealed sex at birth and raised-as-boy identity
concealed_sex_at_birth_and_raised_as_boy_identity
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family, within the sub-family Disguised Status and Concealed Identities. 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 EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3752-3838 confidence: high
After advice from a vision, the Cretan matron prays; when a girl is born, the mother has her raised as a boy, with only the nurse knowing, and the father names the child Iphis after the grandfather.
The child born female is presented and dressed as a boy, with the deception known only to the mother and nurse.
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