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.
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1 traditions
greek
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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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