Motif
Self-replenishing vessel signals divine presence
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A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Nourishing, Healing, and Renewing Vessels. 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 Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1676-1772 confidence: high
The hosts serve wine, fruit, honeycomb, and other simple foods; the goblet refills itself and the wine increases, causing Baucis and Philemon to pray and ask pardon.
The goblet refills itself and the wine increases of itself, leading the hosts to fear and pray to their guests.
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