Motif
underworld punishment threat
underworld_punishment_threat
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hell and Punitive Fire. 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 II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6343-6445 confidence: medium
Apollo tells the child in the cradle to tell him of the cattle or be cast into Tartarus and hopeless darkness under the earth.
Apollo threatens to cast Hermes into Tartarus and hopeless darkness under the earth if he does not reveal the cattle.
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The Homeric Hymns HOMERIC HYMNS / HYMN TO APOLLO / THE FOUNDING OF DELPHI / II. HERMES; lines 2287-2384 confidence: medium
Apollo tells the child in the cradle to speak about his cattle and threatens to cast him into murky Tartarus and the darkness beneath the earth.
Apollo threatens to cast Hermes into murky Tartarus and darkness beneath the earth if he does not tell of the cattle.
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