Motif
personified victory as winged goddess
personified_victory_as_winged_goddess
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family War Deity and War Goddess. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE SIRENS. / ARES (MARS). / MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA).; lines 3716-3733 confidence: high
Nike/Victoria is identified as the goddess of victory and daughter of the Titan Pallas and Styx, nymph of the lower-world river.
Nike is directly identified as the goddess of victory and described with wings and victory-associated objects in statuary.
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