Motif
hero’s humiliation in servitude and role reversal
hero_s_humiliation_in_servitude_and_role_reversal
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Concealed Identity, Humiliation, and Revelation. 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 VIII-XV BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3008-3100 confidence: medium
Hercules succumbs to weakness through madness sent by Hera/Juno and becomes the willing slave of Omphale, exchanging club and lion’s skin for distaff and female robe.
Hercules becomes Omphale’s willing slave and exchanges club and lion’s skin for distaff and female robe.
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