Motif
forbidden sacred precinct transgression
forbidden_sacred_precinct_transgression
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Sanctuary and Asylum. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS / THE DIVINATION BY BIRDS / THE ASTRONOMY; lines 2338-2416 confidence: high
Callisto is hunted, handed with her babe to Lycaon, later enters Zeus’s forbidden precinct unknowingly, is pursued by Arcas and the Arcadians, is about to be killed, but Zeus delivers her and places her among the stars as Bear.
Callisto unknowingly enters the forbidden precinct of Zeus and is nearly killed under its law.
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