Motif
dangerous quarry resists or defeats heroic weapons
dangerous_quarry_resists_or_defeats_heroic_weapons
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.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 985-1065 confidence: high
Echion's first spear is unavailing and cuts a maple tree; Jason's spear is thrown too strongly and goes beyond the boar.
Early spears fail, a divinely altered weapon strikes without wounding, and the boar injures multiple hunters.
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