Motif
Warriors arising from dragon's teeth or earth
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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Earthborn, Stoneborn, and Dragon-Tooth Warriors. 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. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4522-4606 confidence: high
Bochart and LeClerc propose that Phoenician wording could mean either serpent teeth or brass-pointed javelins, and either five or an army, producing the story of men from serpent teeth.
The passage discusses companions or men produced from serpent teeth and men sprung from the earth, later interpreted as armed or local soldiers.
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