Motif
threefold tribal settlement and land division
threefold_tribal_settlement_and_land_division
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. 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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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS; lines 4977-5022 confidence: medium
The Three-fold People are so named because they settled in three groups and divided land in three; the Pelasgi, Achaeans, and Dorians are named as three Hellenic tribes settling in Crete.
The Three-fold People are named from three groups dividing land in three, and three Hellenic tribes are said to settle in Crete.
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE / THE MELAMPODIA / AEGIMIUS; lines 4977-5022 confidence: medium
The Pelasgi, Achaeans, and Dorians, three Hellenic tribes, are said to settle in Crete and to be called the Three-fold People because they divided the land in three.
Three Hellenic tribes settle in Crete, are collectively called Three-fold People, and divide the land in three.
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