Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divine healer

divine_healer

A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS / XV. TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED / XVI. TO ASCLEPIUS / XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI; lines 7146-7162 confidence: high

    The hymn begins with Asclepius, son of Apollo and healer of sicknesses; Coronis, daughter of King Phlegyas, bore him in the Dotian plain, and he is called a joy to men and soother of cruel pangs.

    Asclepius is explicitly called son of Apollo, healer of sicknesses, and soother of cruel pangs.

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