Motif
Consecrated grove as sacred landscape marker
consecrated_grove_as_sacred_landscape_marker
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5479-5516 confidence: high
A high grove by the cold river of Caere is revered, enclosed by hills and dark firs, and said to have been consecrated with its festal day to Silvanus by old Pelasgians.
The passage describes a revered grove by the river of Caere, enclosed by hills and dark firs, consecrated by Pelasgians to Silvanus.
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