Motif
continual war between small people and cranes
continual_war_between_small_people_and_cranes
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. 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 I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9538-9591 confidence: high
The passage says that from Homer onward the Pygmies were supposed to exist in continual warfare with Cranes; ancient authors placed them in multiple regions, and later writers proposed various explanations for the tradition.
The passage states that the Pygmies were supposed from Homer onward to exist in continual warfare with the Cranes.
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