Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

venerated stone linked to divine myth

venerated_stone_linked_to_divine_myth

A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Relics, Cult Images, and Sacred Stones. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9228-9370 confidence: medium

    Pausanias reportedly saw near Neoptolemus' tomb a small stone anointed daily with oil, believed to be the stone given to Cronos.

    A stone associated with Cronos is described as anointed daily with oil near a tomb.

    read in the book