Motif
inescapable pursuer and quarry immobilized by transformation
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A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Transformative Pursuit and Escape. 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 WAR OF THE TITANS / THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI; lines 7681-7705 confidence: high
Cephalus, son of Deion and an Athenian, owned a hound no beast escaped; after accidentally killing Procris and being purified by the Cadmeans, he hunted the fox with the hound.
A hound from which no beast escapes pursues the fox, and both hound and fox are turned into stones near Teumessus.
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