Motif
universal change with nothing perishing
universal_change_with_nothing_perishing
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Cosmic Mutability of Forms. 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. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12858-12942 confidence: high
The explanation lists physical-world changes and marvels, including petrifying waters, fountains with transformative effects, bees from ox entrails, hornets from horses, and Pythagoras's principle that everything changes and nothing perishes.
Pythagoras's principle is summarized as everything continually changing and nothing perishing.
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