Motif
tree used as weapon in heroic combat
tree_used_as_weapon_in_heroic_combat
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Warrior Imagery and Radiance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7878-7962 confidence: high
Phaeocomes, covered in six lion skins, hurls a tree trunk and crushes the son of Phonolenus; the speaker then stabs Phaeocomes and mentions Chthonius and Teleboas, including Teleboas's javelin wound and the speaker's scar.
Phaeocomes hurls a tree trunk as a weapon, and Chthonius carries a two-forked bough.
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