Motif
transfer of cult through divine consent
transfer_of_cult_through_divine_consent
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13291-13376 confidence: high
The Senate sends envoys by ship to Epidaurus; they ask for the divinity whose presence can end Ausonian mortality, while the local elders are divided over giving up their guardian deity.
Epidaurus debates giving up its guardian deity, but the god appears, consents to go, leaves his old temple, and is later honored with a Roman temple.
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