Motif
earth-born helpers from sown teeth
earth_born_helpers_from_sown_teeth
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Earthborn, Stoneborn, and Dragon-Tooth Warriors. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 284-310 confidence: high
Agenor commands Cadmus to seek Europa; Cadmus kills a dragon in Boeotia, sows its teeth, men are produced, and they help build Thebes’s walls.
Men are produced from the dragon’s teeth sown in the earth and help build Thebes.
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