Motif
mother and child at rock and sea with dolphin rescue
mother_and_child_at_rock_and_sea_with_dolphin_rescue
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. 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 I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7033-7078 confidence: medium
A rock is identified by Pausanias as the Molarian rock, one of the Scironian rocks near Megara in Attica and a branch of the Geranian mountain.
The notes identify Ino’s burden as her son Melicerta, associate Ino’s leap with a rock and sea, and report that dolphins received Melicerta and landed him at Corinth.
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