Motif
purification after accidental homicide
purification_after_accidental_homicide
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
3 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE WAR OF THE TITANS / THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI; lines 7681-7705 confidence: high
Cephalus, son of Deion and an Athenian, owned a hound no beast escaped; after accidentally killing Procris and being purified by the Cadmeans, he hunted the fox with the hound.
Cephalus accidentally kills Procris and is purified of the homicide by the Cadmeans before hunting the fox.
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE WAR OF THE TITANS / THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI; lines 7681-7705 confidence: high
Cephalus, son of Deion and an Athenian, owned a hound no beast escaped; he had accidentally killed Procris, was purified by the Cadmeans, and hunted the fox with the hound.
Cephalus accidentally kills Procris and is purified of the homicide by the Cadmeans before hunting the fox.
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The Library, Volume I (Apollodorus), with an English Translation by James George Frazer VOL. I, E / VOL. I. G / VOL, I. H / VOL. 1. K; lines 6138-6275 confidence: high
Bellerophon, son of Glaucus and descendant of Sisyphus, accidentally kills his brother and comes to Proetus for purification.
Bellerophon accidentally kills his brother and comes to Proetus to be purified.
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