Comparative mythology corpus

Earth Strength Giant Defeated By Being Lifted From The Ground

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2843-2927 high Hercules crosses toward Africa, fights Antaeus, who is said to be a son of Earth and to regain strength from the ground; Hercules lifts and crushes him, while the passage rationalizes this as cutting him off from local aid and defeating him by sea fight, along with Pygmies. record