Motif
invulnerable warrior defeated by crushing weight
invulnerable_warrior_defeated_by_crushing_weight
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Crushing, non-piercing, and alternate means that bypass weapon resistance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7964-8061 confidence: high
The centaur's pike rebounds from Cæneus's face; a sword-blow echoes as if on marble and the blade shivers; the centaurs' weapons fall blunted while Cæneus remains unstabbbed and bloodless.
Cæneus cannot be wounded by weapons, so the centaurs defeat him by piling trees and other heavy masses onto him.
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