Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divine fault-finder

divine_fault_finder

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek roman

  • Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome TYCHE (FORTUNA). / FORTUNA. / ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / MOMUS.; lines 4809-4823 confidence: high

    Momus, son of Nyx, is described as god of raillery and ridicule who criticizes gods and men with bitter sarcasm and finds defects in things.

    Momus is defined by sarcastic criticism and by discovering defects in divine and human actions and creations.

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