Motif
Malicious relatives provoke breach of taboo
malicious_relatives_provoke_breach_of_taboo
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome FORTUNA. / ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / MOMUS. / EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE.; lines 4825-4914 confidence: high
Eros dwells there and courts Psyche unseen, warning her not to behold him; her sisters visit, envy her, claim her lover is a monster, and give her a dagger.
Psyche’s sisters envy her and persuade her that her unseen lover is a monster, leading her to approach him with a dagger and lamp.
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