Muse-Goddess

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The Muse-Goddess is a romantic idea of the poet's suffering for the sake of his Muse-Goddess, as reflected in Robert Graves' book on poetry, rituals, and myths, The White Goddess (1948). The poet Robert Graves adapted Frazer's concept of the dying king sacrificed for the good of the kingdom to this idea.

When

First attested
1948 CE
Attested period
1948 – 1948
Historical notes
Appears in Graves' book The White Goddess.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“the good of the kingdom to the romantic idea of the poet's suffering for the sake of his Muse-Goddess, as reflected in his book on poetry, rituals, and myths, The White Goddess (1948).”

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