Motif
fatal omens before self-destruction
fatal_omens_before_self_destruction
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Death and Doom Omens. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2469-2540 confidence: high
Dido prays for death; at incense-lit altars she sees holy streams blacken and wine turn into ghastly blood, a sight she tells no one, not even Anna.
Dido prays for death, sees altar liquids darken and wine become blood-like, hears ominous cries, dreams fearful abandonment, and secretly plans her death.
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