Comparative mythology corpus

Grieving Animals At A Hero's Death

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21344-21448 high The hero addresses the Greeks, says his immortal horses came from Ocean's god through Peleus, declines to race because Patroclus is dead, and describes the horses as grieving with their manes trailing in the sand. record