Motif
Prayer for death or supernatural removal to avoid unwanted marriage
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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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII / BOOK XIX / BOOK XX; lines 8864-8959 confidence: high
Penelope wakes, weeps, and prays to Diana to slay her with an arrow or have a whirlwind carry her through dark paths to the mouths of Oceanus, as happened to the daughters of Pandareus.
Penelope asks Diana to kill her or for a whirlwind to carry her away, saying she would rather die or be hidden than yield to a worse man than Ulysses.
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