Motif
Sanctuary object protects a wrongdoer
sanctuary_object_protects_a_wrongdoer
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Protective Charms and Apotropaic Objects. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTH.; lines 7664-7739 confidence: medium
Phineus throws his spear into a cushion; Perseus leaps up and returns a weapon; Phineus hides behind an altar; the spear strikes Rhoetus in the forehead and blood spatters the tables.
Phineus hides behind an altar, and the passage comments that the altar protects a miscreant.
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