Motif
Stone-circle judgment assembly
stone_circle_judgment_assembly
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25189-25329 confidence: medium
A note says old northern sagas represent elders judging while seated on great stones in a circle called the Urtheilsring or gerichtsring.
Old men judging are described as seated on great stones in a circular setting.
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The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25189-25329 confidence: medium
The note says old northern sagas depict old men judging while sitting on great stones in a circle called Urtheilsring or gerichtsring.
Old men judging while seated on great stones in a circle are described in a comparative note.
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