Motif
unhealable wound of love
unhealable_wound_of_love
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1901-1990 confidence: high
The god asks the nymph to stay, compares her flight to prey fleeing predators, identifies his divine status and powers, and says love has wounded him beyond his healing arts.
The divine healer says he can heal others with herbs but cannot cure his own love-wound.
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