Venusberg

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Venusberg is the mythical subterranean realm of the goddess Venus, often depicted in European legend and art as a hedonistic, enchanted mountain of sensual delights and temptation.

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Label Occurrences
Venusberg canonical 1
Venusberg hill 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary mountain
mythical place
subterranean realm
appearsIn Renaissance art
medieval legends
associatedWith courtly romance tradition
goddess Venus
motif of the fairy mound
countryOfOrigin Europe
depictedIn European art
linked to: Western art

European legend
hasCharacteristic enchanted
hedonistic
place of sensual delights
place of temptation
subterranean
hasEtymology German words "Venus" and "Berg" (mountain)
hasLocationType mountain
underground realm
hasTemporalContext Middle Ages
early modern period
hasTheme eroticism
moral danger
otherworldly seduction
temptation
languageOfOrigin German
mainInhabitant Venus
narrativeRole realm of exile from ordinary human society
testing ground for human virtue
partOf European folklore
European mythology
symbolizes carnal pleasure
departure from Christian morality
sensual excess

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Tannhäuser setting Venusberg
Venusberg, Bonn locatedOn Venusberg hill
linked to: Venusberg