Motif
family annihilation by supernatural arrows
family_annihilation_by_supernatural_arrows
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9655-9741 confidence: high
Ismenus is pierced through the breast while riding; Sipylus hears the quiver, flees on horseback, and is struck in the neck by an arrow.
Niobe's sons and daughters are slain in sequence by arrows, darts, or invisible wounds, leaving her childless among the dead.
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