Pygmalion myth

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Greek myth aetiological myth love story metamorphosis myth

The Pygmalion myth is an ancient Greek story about a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has carved, which is then brought to life by the goddess Aphrodite.

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Pygmalion (mythology) 2
Pygmalion in art 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek myth ⓘ
aetiological myth ⓘ
love story ⓘ
metamorphosis myth ⓘ
appearsInWork Metamorphoses, Book 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresEvent Aphrodite brings the statue to life ⓘ
Pygmalion carves an ivory statue ⓘ
Pygmalion falls in love with his statue ⓘ
Pygmalion marries the living statue ⓘ
Pygmalion prays to Aphrodite ⓘ
featuresObject Aphrodite’s altar NERFINISHED ⓘ
ivory statue ⓘ
hasAssociatedArtForm ballet ⓘ
opera ⓘ
painting ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
hasCharacter Aphrodite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Galatea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pygmalion NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeity Aphrodite NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenre mythological narrative ⓘ
hasInterpretation allegory of artistic creativity ⓘ
allegory of male fantasy of the ideal woman ⓘ
reflection on the boundary between art and life ⓘ
hasLanguageOfEarliestFullVersion Latin ⓘ
hasLaterLiterarySource George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Dryden’s translation of Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Pygmalion NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMediumOfKeySource epic poetry ⓘ
hasMotif artist’s creation surpasses reality ⓘ
divine answer to prayer ⓘ
statue brought to life ⓘ
hasOutcome union between creator and creation ⓘ
hasPeriodOfCodification Roman imperial period ⓘ
hasSetting Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSource Ovid’s Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme art and love ⓘ
idealization of women ⓘ
power of desire ⓘ
relationship between artist and creation ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
hasVariantName Pygmalion and Galatea NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredConcept Galatea effect ⓘ
Pygmalion effect ⓘ
inspiredWork George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion NERFINISHED ⓘ
musical My Fair Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Eliza Doolittle → basedOn → Pygmalion myth ⓘ
Pygmalion → basedOn → Pygmalion myth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pygmalion (mythology)
Pygmalion → inspiredBy → Pygmalion myth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pygmalion (mythology)
Pygmalion and Galatea → subjectHeading → Pygmalion myth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pygmalion in art