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.
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1 traditions
greek
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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.
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