Motif
ritual praise of deified monster-slaying hero
ritual_praise_of_deified_monster_slaying_hero
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family War Deity and War Goddess. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5238-5331 confidence: high
Priests led by Potitius carry torches, renew the banquet, and heap altars; the Salii sing around altar-fires with poplar boughs and praise Hercules' labours, including snakes, monsters, cities, hell's warder, and the Lernaean snake.
The Salii sing a formal hymn during rites, listing Hercules' victories over snakes, monsters, hell's warder, and Cacus, and address him as deified glory.
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