Motif
supernatural keeper grants controlled winds for a voyage
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Odyssey BOOK VIII / BOOK IX / BOOK X / AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.; lines 4296-4397 confidence: high
Aeolus gives Ulysses a prime ox-hide sack holding the roaring winds, tied with silver thread; Jove made Aeolus captain over the winds, and only the West wind is left to blow freely for the voyage.
Aeolus, made captain over the winds by Jove, shuts the winds in a sack and releases only the West wind to help Ulysses travel home.
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