Motif
divine sign confirming heroic action
divine_sign_confirming_heroic_action
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Divine Aid in Battle. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6150-6229 confidence: high
Ascanius prays to Jupiter, promises yearly gifts and a white gilded-forehead steer, receives thunder from a clear sky on the left, and shoots Remulus through the head.
Jupiter's thunder from clear sky immediately precedes the fated arrow that kills Remulus.
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