Motif
Escape from whirlpool by clinging to a tree
escape_from_whirlpool_by_clinging_to_a_tree
A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5610-5710 confidence: high
The south wind drives Ulysses back toward Charybdis; by sunrise he reaches Scylla's rock and the whirlpool, where Charybdis sucks down seawater and he clings to a fig tree above the pool.
At Charybdis, Ulysses clings to a fig tree above the pool until his mast and raft are discharged, then drops back to the raft and rows away.
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The Odyssey BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5610-5710 confidence: high
The south wind carries Ulysses back to Charybdis; at sunrise he reaches Scylla’s rock and the whirlpool, where he clings like a bat to a fig tree until his raft emerges, then drops to it and rows by hand.
Ulysses survives Charybdis by clinging to a fig tree until his mast and raft reemerge from the whirlpool.
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