Motif
divine or supernatural sleep dwelling in a dark liminal place
divine_or_supernatural_sleep_dwelling_in_a_dark_liminal_place
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Sleep, Trance, Music, and Liminal States. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7108-7175 confidence: medium
Ovid places Sleep's abode in cold, damp, foggy Cimmerian regions; possible identifications include Sarmatia/Scythia near the Palus Mæotis or cave-dwellers near Baiæ.
Sleep's abode is placed in cold, damp, foggy Cimmerian regions, and the Cimmerians are associated in one account with dark caves.
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