Motif
messenger transformed into stone after bearing fatal object
messenger_transformed_into_stone_after_bearing_fatal_object
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Stone Transformation and Petrification. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2235-2321 confidence: high
The fable synopsis recounts Hercules entrusting Deïanira to Nessus, Nessus’ attempted abduction and death by arrow, the blood-dipped tunic, Deïanira sending it because of Iole, Hercules’ torment, Lychas’ transformation into rock, the funeral pile, Philoctetes’ torch, and Jupiter’s translation of Hercules to the gods.
Lychas, the bearer of the garment, is thrown into the sea by Hercules and changed into a rock.
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