Motif
fire-breathing bulls and dangerous ploughing
fire_breathing_bulls_and_dangerous_ploughing
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Argonautica THE ARGONAUTICA / BOOK I / BOOK II / BOOK III; lines 3051-3147 confidence: high
Jason reports Aeetes’ wrath and says he must deal with two bulls with bronze feet on the plain of Ares, breathing flame from their jaws, and plough four plough-gates.
The assigned labor involves two bronze-footed bulls breathing flame from their jaws and the ploughing of four plough-gates.
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