Motif
Weather-dependent fortune under divine will
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Withheld and Restrained Divine Power. 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 INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1994-2082 confidence: medium
The passage warns that solstice ploughing yields a thin crop, but a late plougher may prosper if the cuckoo calls in the oak and Zeus sends rain of the right depth; the addressee should mark grey spring and rain season.
Crop outcome is linked to the variable will of Zeus and to whether Zeus sends the right rain for a late plougher.
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