Motif
moralized forbidden or rash youthful love
moralized_forbidden_or_rash_youthful_love
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Forbidden and Transgressive Love. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6212-6279 confidence: medium
The note says only Ovid and Hyginus mention Pyramus and Thisbe and both set it in Babylon; it interprets the story as a moral tale for youth and parents.
The note describes Pyramus and Thisbe as a moral tale warning youth not to enter rash engagements and parents not to pursue resentment too rigorously.
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