Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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

  • 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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