Motif
prophecy fulfilled through attempted avoidance
prophecy_fulfilled_through_attempted_avoidance
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Prophecy, Fulfillment, and Avoidance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome HERACLES (HERCULES). / BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS.; lines 8727-8823 confidence: high
After being taunted about his parentage, Oedipus consults Delphi; the Pythia tells him he is fated to kill his father and marry his mother.
Oedipus avoids Corinth after hearing the prophecy, but on the alternative road unknowingly kills his true father and later marries his mother.
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