Motif
hybrid double-bodied beings
hybrid_double_bodied_beings
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Animal Forms, Hybrids, and Boundaries. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8063-8156 confidence: high
Footnote 28 explains 'double-limbed' and cites a translation referring to double-limbed fellows being inflamed.
The notes repeatedly identify the Centaurs as double-limbed or twofold beings with a horse-part.
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