Motif
punitive transformation into stone
punitive_transformation_into_stone
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Punitive Transformations. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE; lines 4886-4903 confidence: high
Battus takes the robe and tells about the cattle; Hermes, angry that Battus is double-tongued, strikes him with his staff and changes him into a rock.
After Battus reveals the cattle, Hermes strikes him with a staff and changes him into a rock.
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE; lines 4886-4903 confidence: high
Hermes is angry because Battus is double-tongued, strikes him with his staff, changes him into a rock, and frost or heat never leaves him.
After Battus proves double-tongued, Hermes strikes him with a staff and changes him into a rock.
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