Motif
infant omen of future wealth and frugality
infant_omen_of_future_wealth_and_frugality
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Personal Destiny and Kinship Prophecies. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6157-6253 confidence: high
Midas is described as son of Gordius and Cybele, rich and frugal; the golden touch report is rationalized through Bacchus’ favor, gold from Pactolus or Mount Bermius, and an infancy omen of ants placing wheat in his mouth.
Ants are said to have placed grains of wheat in Midas’ mouth in infancy, portending that he would be rich and frugal.
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