Motif
Ritual restoration through plant, wand, and spoken formula
ritual_restoration_through_plant_wand_and_spoken_formula
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Blessings, Healing, and Protective Charms. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10987-11030 confidence: high
The group is sprinkled with harmless plant juices, struck on the head with an inverted wand, and restored as reverse charms are chanted; bristles and cloven-foot features vanish and human shoulders and arms return.
The restoration occurs through a sequence of ritual elements: plant juices, a wand-blow, and repeated charms opposite to earlier charms.
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