Motif
mortal weapon failing against divine armament
mortal_weapon_failing_against_divine_armament
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Heroic Arms, Armor, and Banners. 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 ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8437-8512 confidence: high
Turnus strikes, but his sword shivers; the passage reports he had left his father's sword and taken Metiscus' weapon, which breaks like brittle ice against the divine Vulcanian armor.
Turnus' borrowed mortal blade shatters when it strikes Aeneas' Vulcanian armor.
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