Motif
defeated being buried under a mountain
defeated_being_buried_under_a_mountain
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9228-9370 confidence: high
Typhoeus is said to have been overwhelmed by Zeus among the Arimi in Homer and represented by Pindar as buried under Aetna.
Typhoeus is represented in one tradition as buried under Aetna after being overwhelmed in another tradition by Zeus.
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