Motif
graded longevity of animals and divine beings
graded_longevity_of_animals_and_divine_beings
A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Comparative Longevity and Unequal Aging. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS / THE DIVINATION BY BIRDS / THE ASTRONOMY / THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON; lines 2418-2437 confidence: high
A lifespan sequence states that a crow lives nine generations of aged men, a stag four crows, a raven three stags, a phoenix nine ravens, and the rich-haired Nymphs, daughters of Zeus, ten phoenixes.
The passage presents an ascending sequence of lifespans from human generations through birds and stag to phoenix and Nymphs.
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