Motif
sacred tree or root obstructing a weapon
sacred_tree_or_root_obstructing_a_weapon
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family, within the sub-family Trees in Mythic Action, Vows, and Memory. 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 ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8437-8512 confidence: high
A bitter-leaved wild olive sacred to Faunus had once received gifts and votive clothing from mariners rescued from waves, but the Teucrians had cleared the sacred stem away for the fighting ground.
Aeneas' spear becomes fixed in the root of a sacred olive of Faunus, and Turnus invokes Faunus and Earth to keep it held there.
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