Fading Youth And Rejected Return
1
Former Hero Longs For Restored Youth Before A Crisis
1
Immortality Without Eternal Youth
1
Consuming Power Of Time And Old Age
1
Contest Against Old Age As An Unbeatable Opponent
1
Divinely Extended Prophetic Lifespan
1
Divinely Granted Eternal Youth And Sleep
1
Graded Longevity Of Animals And Divine Beings
1
Long Life Without Youth Becomes A Burden
1
Loss Of Sustaining Divine Object Causes Aging Or Decline
1
Comparative mythology corpus
Immortality Without Renewal
11 tagged occurrences across 6 traditions.
Deathlessness, extended life, or escape from death becomes incomplete, burdensome, or defective because youth, vitality, release, or transformation is absent.
11total occurrences
11child motifs
6traditions present
800 BCE to 1270 CEknown era range
Child Motifs
| Child Motif | Relationship | Occurrences | Traditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fading Youth And Rejected Return | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Former Hero Longs For Restored Youth Before A Crisis | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Immortality Without Eternal Youth | narrower_than | 1 | 1 |
| Consuming Power Of Time And Old Age | symbolic_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Contest Against Old Age As An Unbeatable Opponent | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Divinely Extended Prophetic Lifespan | narrower_than | 1 | 1 |
| Divinely Granted Eternal Youth And Sleep | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Graded Longevity Of Animals And Divine Beings | uncertain | 1 | 1 |
| Long Life Without Youth Becomes A Burden | alias | 1 | 1 |
| Loss Of Sustaining Divine Object Causes Aging Or Decline | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Sages Living Or Reappearing Across Ages | functional_variant | 1 | 1 |
Tradition Frequency
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Roman
How This Tradition Tells It
4 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Roman, this family appears through Former Hero Longs For Restored Youth Before A Crisis (1), Consuming Power Of Time And Old Age (1), Divinely Extended Prophetic Lifespan (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV and The Aeneid of Virgil. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5479-5516 | medium | Former Hero Longs For Restored Youth Before A Crisis | record |
| The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10620-10708 | medium | Divinely Extended Prophetic Lifespan | record |
| The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10542-10617 | high | Long Life Without Youth Becomes A Burden | record |
| The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12303-12387 | high | Consuming Power Of Time And Old Age | record |
Greek/Roman
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Immortality Without Eternal Youth (1), Divinely Granted Eternal Youth And Sleep (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | APHRODITE (VENUS). / VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA).; lines 2159-2198 | high | Immortality Without Eternal Youth | record |
| Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | PHOEBUS-APOLLO. / ROMAN APOLLO. / HECATE. / SELENE (LUNA).; lines 2762-2780 | medium | Divinely Granted Eternal Youth And Sleep | record |
Norse
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Norse, this family appears through Contest Against Old Age As An Unbeatable Opponent (1), Loss Of Sustaining Divine Object Causes Aging Or Decline (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2942-3047 | high | Contest Against Old Age As An Unbeatable Opponent | record |
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN; lines 3991-4133 | high | Loss Of Sustaining Divine Object Causes Aging Or Decline | record |
Greek
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Greek, this family appears through Graded Longevity Of Animals And Divine Beings (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS / THE DIVINATION BY BIRDS / THE ASTRONOMY / THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON; lines 2418-2437 | high | Graded Longevity Of Animals And Divine Beings | record |
Hindu
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Hindu, this family appears through Sages Living Or Reappearing Across Ages (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59057-59142 | medium | Sages Living Or Reappearing Across Ages | record |
Persian
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Persian, this family appears through Fading Youth And Rejected Return (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan | XVIII / XXVII / CHAPTER IV / CHAPTER V; lines 2971-3063 | high | Fading Youth And Rejected Return | record |
Shared Structure
The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.
Local Emphasis
Roman leans toward Former Hero Longs For Restored Youth Before A Crisis; Norse leans toward Contest Against Old Age As An Unbeatable Opponent; Greek/Roman leans toward Immortality Without Eternal Youth; Persian leans toward Fading Youth And Rejected Return; Greek leans toward Graded Longevity Of Animals And Divine Beings; Hindu leans toward Sages Living Or Reappearing Across Ages.
Reading Rule
structuralthematiccontact not inferred
Timeline
Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.ca. 800-300 BCE
The Upanishads
Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 750-400 BCE
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 200 BCE-200 CE
The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita
Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 800-1270 CE
The Poetic Edda
Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 2 tagged occurrences