Motif
ritual alternation of mourning and merriment for a goddess's loss
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A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Festivals, Processions, and Public Rites. 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 5127-5208 confidence: high
On the mourning day women sat on the ground around statues of Ceres and ate only sesame and honey cakes.
The festival includes a mourning day around statues of Ceres and a later day of merriment commemorating Iämbe amusing the Goddess during grief at Proserpine's loss.
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