Motif
fire-breathing animals yoked by protected hero
fire_breathing_animals_yoked_by_protected_hero
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Strength, Weapon Skill, and Extraordinary Feats. 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. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH.; lines 10726-10814 confidence: high
Brazen-footed bulls breathe flames from adamantine nostrils; the son of Æson, protected by incantations, approaches, strokes, yokes, and makes them draw a plough over the untilled plain.
The brazen-footed bulls breathe flames, but incantations protect the hero while he yokes them and ploughs.
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