Motif
rainbow-like divine messenger
rainbow_like_divine_messenger
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6762-6840 confidence: medium
Juno cannot endure prayers for one who is dead and commands Iris to go to Sleep and have him send Halcyone a vision in the form of dead Ceyx.
Iris wears many colors, marks the heavens with a curving arch, and carries Juno’s command.
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