Motif
Petrifying head used as supernatural weapon
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS. / PERSEUS.; lines 6736-6832 confidence: high
The sea opens, the gigantic beast of the deep advances toward Andromeda, and Perseus shows Medusa's head, causing the monster to become a huge black rock.
Perseus displays Medusa's head to transform the dragon into rock and later Phineus and his warriors into stone.
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