Motif
failed binding of a divine being
failed_binding_of_a_divine_being
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Withheld and Restrained Divine Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica IV. TO HERMES / V. TO APHRODITE / VI. TO APHRODITE / VII. TO DIONYSUS; lines 6991-7049 confidence: high
Dionysus appears by the sea as a young man in a purple robe; Tyrsenian pirates seize him, bring him onto their ship, and try to bind him, but the bonds fall away; the helmsman understands something is wrong.
The pirates attempt to bind Dionysus, but the bonds do not hold and fall away.
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