Motif
landscape formed from transformed body
landscape_formed_from_transformed_body
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Bodies Altering Landscapes and Producing Vegetation. 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. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1548-1589 confidence: high
Neptune shakes the waters with assent; Perimele swims in fear, her body grows hard, earth encloses her limbs, and “a heavy island grew upon her changed members.”
Fresh earth encloses Perimele's limbs and a heavy island grows on her changed members.
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