Motif
divine powers governing agricultural success
divine_powers_governing_agricultural_success
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Crop Spirits and Agricultural Fertility. 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 INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1904-1992 confidence: medium
The Pleiades' rising and setting mark harvest and ploughing; they are hidden forty days and nights; the speaker warns Perses to do the gods' ordained work, pay debts, and avoid hunger and begging.
The gods are said to ordain human work; Zeus sends rains; Zeus of the Earth and Demeter are invoked for heavy grain; the Olympian's favorable result brings abundance.
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