Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

concealment inside a wooden horse

concealment_inside_a_wooden_horse

A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Hidden Entry, Concealed Warriors, and Substitution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

2 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • The Odyssey BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10946-11057 confidence: low

    The note recounts an 1848 Padua incident in which eight pursued young men hid inside Donatello’s colossal wooden horse for a week.

    The note recounts a later episode in which pursued men hide inside a colossal wooden horse for a week.

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  • The Odyssey BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10946-11057 confidence: high

    The note recounts that during the Italian insurrection of 1848, eight pursued young men hid for a week inside Donatello's colossal wooden horse in Padua and were fed by confederates.

    The note recounts pursued men hiding inside a colossal wooden horse and being secretly fed.

    read in the book