Motif
grieving spouse fading after loss
grieving_spouse_fading_after_loss
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Death from Grief. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11033-11116 confidence: medium
Fable VI summary: Circe loves Picus, cannot shake his constancy to Canens, transforms him into a woodpecker and his retinue into animals; Canens pines away and the place of her disappearance is named for her.
The fable summary states that Canens pines away with grief after the loss of her husband and disappears at a place later named for her.
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