Motif
sacred lock cut for death
sacred_lock_cut_for_death
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family, within the sub-family Burial Duties, Death Locks, and South-Facing 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 Aeneid of Virgil BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2710-2746 confidence: high
Iris descends through the sky on saffron, many-colored wings, says she takes the hair sacred to Dis, cuts it, and the warmth and life leave the body.
Iris cuts the hair sacred to Dis, and immediately the warmth leaves the body and the life passes away.
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