Motif
tripartite cosmic realm
tripartite_cosmic_realm
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family, within the sub-family Cosmic Realms and Between-World Containment. 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 EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13704-13736 confidence: low
Footnote 92 explains “threefold world” as perhaps the realms of the heavens, ether, and air, but notes uncertainty about the poet’s meaning.
The note explains “threefold world” as possibly the heavens, the ether, and the air.
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