Motif
peaceful nonviolent age followed by first flesh-eating
peaceful_nonviolent_age_followed_by_first_flesh_eating
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family World Ages and Historical Cycles. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12222-12301 confidence: high
Earlier peace is described with safe birds, hare, and fish; later an unnamed mortal eats carcass food, and bloody slaughter begins.
The passage contrasts a harmless peaceful condition with the first eating of a carcass and the beginning of bloody wickedness.
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