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Motif

Prodigy as evil omen.

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“Aeneas, son of Anchises, and with him Archelochus and Acamas, sons of Antenor, and Theanus, leaders of ‘the Dardanians; of the Thracians, Acamas, son of Eusorus ; of the Cicones, Euphemus, son of Troezenus ; of the Paeonians, Pyraechmes; of the Paphlagonians, Pylaemenes, son of Bilsates; from Zelia, Pandarus, son of Lycaon ; from Adrastia, Adrastus and Amphius, sons of Merops; from Arisbe, Asius, son of Hyrtacus ; from Larissa,…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

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Filed under Bad omens.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Tears of blood as evil omenTwo drops of blood in book mean that two have been killedBlood (in dream) as omen of killingWave of blood as sign of death. (Cf. D1003, E761.1.1.)Drops of blood presage slaughterWashers at the ford. Appearance of female figure washing bloody armor, chariot cushions, or human limb (at ford) as sign of coming disaster in battle. (Cf. A485.1, E761.1, M301.6.1, Z129.2.2.)
Filed beside it
Bad dream as evil omen. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.3.3, D1813.1.)Breaking mirror as evil omenEclipse as evil omen. (Cf. F961.1, F965.2.)Moon furnishes omenStars furnish omensMeeting certain persons (animals) a bad omenBad omen for two bridal processions to meetSight of mermaid bad omenSight of phantom ship a bad omenRed (gray, etc.) clouds as evil omens. (Cf. D1812.5.0.10.)Animal behavior as bad omenFairy music as evil omenHoly man's fall from horse a bad omenHailstorm as bad omenDry river bed as bad omenSpectre as evil omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.1.6.)
Travels with
Appearance of ghost serves as death omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.1, E265.3, E501.20.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases windsTransformation: man to swineTransformation: woman to bitchTransformation: man to doveTransformation: man (woman) to almond treeTransformation by drinkingDisenchantment from tree form by embrace of loverMoly: magic plantMagic lotus plant. (Cf. D975.1.)Magic drinkMagic chairLotus causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.6, D2004.3.)

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