Motif
Death answers a summons
death_answers_a_summons
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Withheld and Restrained Divine Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG / THE CROW AND THE RAVEN / THE WITCH / THE OLD MAN AND DEATH; lines 4996-5007 confidence: high
"he called upon Death to come and release him from his life of toil"
The Old Man calls upon Death, and Death immediately appears ready to serve him.
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