Motif
Divine rescue of sailors in a storm
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. 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 XXX. TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL / XXXI. TO HELIOS / XXXII. TO SELENE / XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI; lines 7436-7453 confidence: high
Shipmen call on the sons of great Zeus with vows of white lambs, going to the forepart of the prow.
Shipmen call upon the sons of Zeus during a storm; the pair appear and still the winds and waves, bringing deliverance.
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