Motif
hero rescues threatened woman by killing enemy
hero_rescues_threatened_woman_by_killing_enemy
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. 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 EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7632-7661 confidence: high
Andromeda's exposure is explained as a forced betrothal by her parents to a fierce piratical prince, conditioned on leaving Cepheus' realms undisturbed; Perseus then slew the pirate.
Perseus, after learning of Andromeda's situation, is said to have slain the pirate.
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