Motif
hero wounds a god in battle
hero_wounds_a_god_in_battle
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family War Deity and War Goddess. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES; lines 4706-4757 confidence: high
Ares draws his sword and attacks; Heracles wounds Ares' thigh below the shield and casts him down; Panic and Dread place him in his chariot and drive to high Olympus.
Heracles wounds Ares in the thigh and casts him to the ground.
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