Motif
eternal youth joined to magical sleep
eternal_youth_joined_to_magical_sleep
A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome PHOEBUS-APOLLO. / ROMAN APOLLO. / HECATE. / SELENE (LUNA).; lines 2762-2780 confidence: medium
Selene admires Endymion, a beautiful shepherd granted eternal youth and voluntary sleep by Zeus; seeing him asleep on Mount Latmus, she descends nightly from heaven to watch over and protect him.
Zeus grants Endymion eternal youth and the ability to sleep whenever and as long as he wishes.
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