Motif
fire-breathing cave monster extinguished by strangling
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A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Monster, Demon, and Giant Slaying. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5161-5236 confidence: medium
Cacus is named as Vulcan's son and is described as spouting black fire from his mouth while moving in giant bulk.
Cacus emits fire and smoke, but Hercules grapples and strangles him until the fires in his throat are quenched.
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