Motif
divine concealment during armed departure
divine_concealment_during_armed_departure
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. 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 XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII; lines 10298-10348 confidence: high
Ulysses puts on armour, rouses Telemachus, Philoetius, and Eumaeus to arm, opens the gates with them, and leaves town while Minerva conceals them in darkness despite daylight.
Minerva hides Ulysses and his armed companions in darkness, though it is daylight, and leads them quickly out of town.
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