Motif
divine intervention prevents a successful human strike
divine_intervention_prevents_a_successful_human_strike
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Divine Aid in Battle. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 985-1065 confidence: high
The son of Ampycus asks Phoebus to make his weapon unerring; the god consents as far as he can, but Diana removes the steel head so the shaft hits without wounding.
Diana removes the steel point from the son of Ampycus's weapon before it can wound the boar.
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