Motif
first shelter and first agriculture
first_shelter_and_first_agriculture
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family. 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 BOOK THE FIRST. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 947-1039 confidence: high
Heat and ice appear; humans first enter houses made from caverns, shrubs, and bark-fastened twigs; seeds are sown in furrows and oxen are yoked to plough.
The passage marks the first human dwellings and the first sowing of seeds in furrows with oxen under the yoke.
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