Motif
mountain refuge after flood
mountain_refuge_after_flood
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Shipwreck Survivors and Flood Landfall. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1463-1562 confidence: high
The explanation compares Parnassus with Ararat, Deucalion and Pyrrha with Noah and his family, notes virtuous conduct and post-flood sacrifice or altar, and cites Josephus on ancient writers preserving the universal deluge history.
Parnassus rises above the floodwaters and is the place where the surviving pair first rests; the explanation links this with the mountain where Noah's ark rested.
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