Motif
maternal self-punishment by sword
maternal_self_punishment_by_sword
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. 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 BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1211-1328 confidence: medium
“her own hand... exacted punishment of the mother, the sword piercing her entrails.”
The mother’s own hand exacts punishment on herself with a sword after the ruthless deed.
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