Motif
divine prolonging of night for reunion
divine_prolonging_of_night_for_reunion
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Reunion, Messengers, and Tokens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey BOOK XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII; lines 10213-10296 confidence: high
Minerva determines otherwise, holds night back, and does not allow Dawn to leave Oceanus or yoke Lampus and Phaethon.
Minerva delays Dawn and holds back night while Ulysses and Penelope reunite.
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