Motif
Divine messenger mediating gods and humans
divine_messenger_mediating_gods_and_humans
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE. / HYMEN. / IRIS (THE RAINBOW).; lines 4989-5006 confidence: high
Iris is described as daughter of Thaumas and Electra, personification of the rainbow, and attendant-messenger of the queen of heaven who executes commands swiftly and intelligently.
Iris is described as the queen of heaven’s messenger and as communicating between gods and humans.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE. / HYMEN. / IRIS (THE RAINBOW).; lines 4989-5006 confidence: high
Iris is introduced as daughter of Thaumas and Electra, personification of the rainbow, and special attendant and messenger of the queen of heaven.
Iris is described as Hera’s messenger and as communicating between gods and men.
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