Motif
Divine nurse entering a mortal household
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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica DOUBTFUL FRAGMENTS / THE HOMERIC HYMNS / I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER; lines 5265-5347 confidence: high
Demeter asks the maidens for pity and directions to a household where she may work, saying she can nurse a newborn child, keep house, spread a bed, or teach women their work.
Demeter says she can nurse a newborn child, and Callidice proposes that she rear Metaneira’s late-born only son.
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