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
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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.
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