Motif
war-god overthrown by warrior goddess
war_god_overthrown_by_warrior_goddess
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family War Deity and War Goddess. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19819-19969 confidence: high
Mars attacks Minerva, accuses her of causing a mortal to wound a god, and strikes her long-resounding shield, the aegis associated with Jove's thunder and forked fire.
Mars attacks Minerva, but Minerva casts a boundary stone and fells him, then taunts him as defeated.
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