Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

skill gained through enforced childhood food test

skill_gained_through_enforced_childhood_food_test

A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Training, Education, and Warrior Discipline. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


roman

  • The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4013-4051 confidence: medium

    Balearic mothers are said to have trained children by requiring them to obtain food by striking it from a tree with a sling.

    Balearic children are said to have developed sling skill because their mothers required them to obtain food by striking it from a tree with a sling.

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