Motif
crafted shield as animated miniature world
crafted_shield_as_animated_miniature_world
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Cosmic Scenes on Crafted Shields. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES; lines 4512-4605 confidence: high
Shield image of a safe tin harbor with waves, dolphins, fish, and a fisherman holding a casting net on shore.
The shield bears many scenes—sea, heroic pursuit, war, death, wedding, agriculture, sport, and contest—repeatedly described as if alive or moving and as the work of Hephaestus.
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