Motif
dead hunter continues among ghostly prey
dead_hunter_continues_among_ghostly_prey
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. 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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The Odyssey BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE. / BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88; lines 5171-5269 confidence: high
Ulysses sees huge Orion in an asphodel meadow driving ghosts of wild beasts he had killed on the mountains, with a great bronze club in his hand.
Orion is seen in the asphodel meadow driving the ghosts of wild beasts he had killed while alive.
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