Motif
Food of the otherworld binds the eater
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A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Enchanted Foods and Potions Causing Binding, Sleep, and Forgetting. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA). / MINERVA. / THEMIS. / VESTA.; lines 1776-1867 confidence: high
Zeus sends Hermes to Aides; Hermes finds Persephone sorrowing beside Aides; Aides consents to release her and gives her pomegranate seeds, which she swallows.
Aides asserts that any immortal who tasted food in his realms must remain there, and Persephone's pomegranate seeds create the condition for compromise.
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