Motif
Euphemistic naming to avert divine wrath
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome PLUTUS. / MINOR DIVINITIES. / THE HARPIES. / ERINYES, EUMENIDES (FURIAE, DIRAE).; lines 4404-4453 confidence: high
They are called Eumenides, meaning well-meaning or soothed goddesses, because people feared their proper title and hoped to propitiate them.
The name Eumenides is explained as a soothing title used because people feared calling the Furies by their proper title and hoped to propitiate them.
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