Motif
Messenger as boundary-crosser between worlds
messenger_as_boundary_crosser_between_worlds
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Household, Ritual, and Boundary Breaches. 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2309-2389 confidence: high
Mercury obeys, puts on golden winged shoes, and takes the rod that summons or returns souls, gives or removes sleep, and opens dead eyes.
Mercury’s shoes carry him over land and sea, and his rod governs movement of souls between Orcus and hell and the boundary of sleep and waking.
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