The Wound

A mark the road leaves, by which a body can later be read.

This name counts verified appearances. It does not grade the idea. Corpus size and editorial depth are different.

Eurycleia reads a scar. Enkidu’s dying is the wound that sends Gilgamesh out. Jonah’s anger after mercy is a wound of theology. Not every journey has a visible scar. Some wounds are missing years.

Boar scar.
The Odyssey
The friend’s death.
Gilgamesh
Failed consolation. What did not come back.
The Plant