Motif
exposed child of a punished mother
exposed_child_of_a_punished_mother
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Exposure, Abandonment, and Rescue. 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 EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6212-6279 confidence: medium
Dercetis, after offending Venus, is said to be made to love a young man, bear a daughter, kill the lover, expose the child, drown herself, and receive a Syrian temple and honors as a goddess.
Dercetis is said to expose the daughter she bore after Venus caused her love affair.
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