Motif
hospitality as trap through enchanted food or drink
hospitality_as_trap_through_enchanted_food_or_drink
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Enchanted Foods and Potions Causing Binding, Sleep, and Forgetting. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 10110-10199 confidence: high
The scouts find Circe's marble palace in a fertile valley; Circe is an enchantress, daughter of the sun-god and Perse; tame wolves and lions guarding the entrance are humans she transformed; she sings and weaves inside and invites the men to enter.
Circe graciously invites the men in, seats and feeds them, but secretly drugs the wine and transforms them with her wand.
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