Comparative mythology corpus

Forbidden Incestuous Desire Resisted In Monologue

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4858-4949 high Fable summary: Myrrha, daughter of Cinyras and Cenchris, loves her father incestuously, attempts hanging, is saved by her nurse, reveals her despair, obtains her desire by stratagem, is pursued by her father, bears Adonis, and becomes a tree. record