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Comparative mythology corpus

Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny

123 tagged occurrences across 10 traditions.

Death understood as fated, destined, or determined by forces beyond human control. The warrior who cannot escape the death assigned to them. Includes the Norse concept of wyrd, Greek moira, and Islamic qadar.

123total occurrences
123child motifs
10traditions present
800 BCE to 1270 CEknown era range
Strongest Child Motifs
Birth Date Determines Or Signals Character And Fate 1 Book Of Fate With Inscribed Or Obliterated Names 1 Death Attributed To Non Human Agency And To Fate/destiny 1 Divine Allotment Of Lifespan At Birth 1 Doomed Hero Foreshadowed Near The Ending 1 Dying Enemy Foretells Victor's Imminent Equal Fate 1 Failed Defense Against Destined Or Superior Weapon 1 Fatal Day Of The Youthful Warrior 1 Fate Challenged By Human Will Through Ascetic Or Ritual Aid 1 Fate Or Doom Overruling Saving Counsel 1
Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

Child MotifRelationshipOccurrencesTraditions
Birth Date Determines Or Signals Character And Fate narrower_than 1 1
Book Of Fate With Inscribed Or Obliterated Names symbolic_variant 1 1
Death Attributed To Non Human Agency And To Fate/destiny child 1 1
Divine Allotment Of Lifespan At Birth functional_variant 1 1
Doomed Hero Foreshadowed Near The Ending functional_variant 1 1
Dying Enemy Foretells Victor's Imminent Equal Fate functional_variant 1 1
Failed Defense Against Destined Or Superior Weapon functional_variant 1 1
Fatal Day Of The Youthful Warrior narrower_than 1 1
Fate Challenged By Human Will Through Ascetic Or Ritual Aid functional_variant 1 1
Fate Or Doom Overruling Saving Counsel functional_variant 1 1
Fate Constrained City And Divine Management Of Timing functional_variant 1 1
Fate Ordained Limit Of Heroic Success functional_variant 1 1
Fates Weaving Destiny symbolic_variant 1 1
Foretold Death Of The Chosen Bridegroom narrower_than 1 1
Former Deeds Shaping Present Fate broader_label 1 1
Hero Killed By Combined Fate, Gods, And Mortals functional_variant 1 1
Hero Killed By Divinely Directed Hidden Arrow functional_variant 1 1
Hero Knowingly Enters Death Bound Combat functional_variant 1 1
Hostile Wheel Of Fate Or Heaven symbolic_variant 1 1
Ignored Warning Leads To Heroic Death functional_variant 1 1
Inescapable Appointed Death alias 1 1
Inevitability Of Death And Separation broader_label 1 1
Mortals Subject To Fate And Divine Counsel broader_label 1 1
Ominous Signs Foretelling Death In Battle functional_variant 1 1
Personified Cosmic Wheel As Hostile Fate symbolic_variant 1 1
Poisoned Cup Kills The Hero Immune Father Cannot Save over_specific_label 1 1
Predestination And Vessels Of Fate symbolic_variant 1 1
Unavoidable Heroic Mortality functional_variant 1 1
Warrior Surrounded And Killed By Massed Spears functional_variant 1 1
Acceptance Of Destiny After Loss functional_variant 1 1
Accidental Death By Received Weapon functional_variant 1 1
Appointed Cup That All Must Drink symbolic_variant 1 1
Appointed Day Of Death narrower_than 1 1
Appointed Death Fulfilled By Attempted Escape functional_variant 1 1
Balanced Battle Turned By A Champion And Fate functional_variant 1 1
Balanced Mutual Destruction In Battle functional_variant 1 1
Brief Glory Granted Before Foretold Death functional_variant 1 1
Condemnation Of Ritual Superstition Attributed To Divine Institution heuristic_family_name_match 1 1
Cosmic Order Governed By Personified Necessity And Fates broader_label 1 1
Cosmic Ordering Of Fate broader_label 1 1
Death As Predatory Bird Overtaking The Powerful symbolic_variant 1 1
Death By A Weapon Made Partly From Oneself Or One's Kind death_mechanism_variant 1 1
Decreed Fate Delayed But Not Annulled functional_variant 1 1
Deflected Weapon Kills Unintended Victim uncertain 1 1
Denial Of Personal Guilt Through Fate broader_label 1 1
Destined Weapon Recognized By Doomed Ruler functional_variant 1 1
Divine Warning Signs Before Unavoidable Death functional_variant 1 1
Divine Witness Unable Or Unwilling To Save A Favored Mortal functional_variant 1 1
Doomed Warrior Warned By Former Friend functional_variant 1 1
Fatal Boar Hunt functional_variant 1 1
Fatal Exception To Otherwise Harmless Weapons functional_variant 1 1
Fatal Hunt Against A Fated Beast functional_variant 1 1
Fate As A Power Superior Even To Gods broader_label 1 1
Fate As True Conqueror broader_label 1 1
Fate Binding Gods And Mortals broader_label 1 1
Fate Delayed But Not Overturned functional_variant 1 1
Fate Goddesses Present At Birth And Death role_variant 1 1
Fate Inscribed By Heaven symbolic_variant 1 1
Fate Or Lot Governing Human And Animal Outcomes broader_label 1 1
Fate Powers Binding Gods broader_label 1 1
Fate Backed Heroic Opponent functional_variant 1 1
Fate Noose Around A Doomed Army symbolic_variant 1 1
Fate Protected Hero functional_variant 1 1
Fated Carrion Feast After Vow Of Death functional_variant 1 1
Fated Death Deferred By Divine Warning functional_variant 1 1
Fated Fall Of City And Captive Wife Foreseen functional_variant 1 1
Fated Return Ending In Ambush functional_variant 1 1
Fated Warrior Exposed To Death After Protective Concealment Ends functional_variant 1 1
Fixed Mortal Fate Accepted Before Combat functional_variant 1 1
Foredoomed Borrowing Of Arms functional_variant 1 1
Foreknown Doom Disregarded Under Fate narrower_than 1 1
Foreknown Movement Toward A Final Resting Place functional_variant 1 1
Foretold Death At A Ford narrower_than 1 1
Foretold Vulnerable Death Of A Hero functional_variant 1 1
Fortune As Unstable Wheel Or Ball symbolic_variant 1 1
Futility Of Human Effort Against Decree broader_label 1 1
God Constrained By Fate broader_label 1 1
Hero Fears Shameful Death Instead Of Foretold Heroic Death functional_variant 1 1
Hero Refuses Retreat Despite Warning functional_variant 1 1
Hero Turns Toward Fated Death functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Death Fixed By Divine And Mortal Agency functional_variant 1 1
Human Relation With Personified Fortune uncertain 1 1
Ill Omens Before Doomed Battle functional_variant 1 1
Inescapable Bond Of Fate broader_label 1 1
Inescapable Destiny Shaping Conduct broader_label 1 1
Inexorable Fate Ruling Gods And Mortals broader_label 1 1
Irreversible Written Destiny symbolic_variant 1 1
Irrevocable Writing Of Fate symbolic_variant 1 1
Life And Destiny As Spun Thread symbolic_variant 1 1
Life Cut By Fate symbolic_variant 1 1
Life Thread Spun And Cut By Fate Goddesses symbolic_variant 1 1
Matched Young Warriors Prevented From Direct Encounter By Divine And Fated Order functional_variant 1 1
Misthrown Weapon Kills Ally Or Kin functional_variant 1 1
Mortality Under The Wheel Of Heaven symbolic_variant 1 1
Mourning The Living Warrior As Already Dead functional_variant 1 1
Necessity Embodied As A Binding Power broader_label 1 1
Necessity Versus Human Agency uncertain 1 1
Ominous Farewell Before Battle functional_variant 1 1
Ominous Warnings Ignored Before A Fatal Visit functional_variant 1 1
Personified Fortune Claims Credit For Luck And Potential Blame For Loss functional_variant 1 1
Personified Fortune Intervenes To Prevent Blame functional_variant 1 1
Personified Cosmic Wheel As Oppressor symbolic_variant 1 1
Personified Fortune Governing Human Outcomes broader_label 1 1
Poetic Fate As Severing Of Life symbolic_variant 1 1
Poisoned Attackers Whose Wounds Are Fatal By A Set Term functional_variant 1 1
Postponement Of Conflict Until A Destined Great Battle functional_variant 1 1
Predestination And Human Action broader_label 1 1
Predestined Human Lot broader_label 1 1
Renown Purchased By Short Life functional_variant 1 1
Servant Attempts To Dissuade Hero From Doomed Battle functional_variant 1 1
Submission To Irresistible Fate broader_label 1 1
Supernatural Washerwoman Foretells Battlefield Death functional_variant 1 1
Time As Reaper symbolic_variant 1 1
Trust In Divine Decree Amid Misfortune broader_label 1 1
Unwitting Killing With A Thrown Disk functional_variant 1 1
Warning Before A Fated Combat functional_variant 1 1
Warning Before A Likely Fatal Encounter narrower_than 1 1
Warning Before Fated Combat functional_variant 1 1
Warning Before Fated Single Combat With A Beloved Foster Brother over_specific_label 1 1
Warning Ignored Before Fatal Encounter functional_variant 1 1
Warrior And War Horse Bound In Shared Fate functional_variant 1 1
World Strength Overcome By Death symbolic_variant 1 1
Written And Unalterable Destiny broader_label 1 1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.
Greek 30 Celtic Irish 24 Sufi 21 Roman 17 Hindu 10 Greek/Roman 9 Islamic 5 Norse 4 Persian 2 Daoist 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

30 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Birth Date Determines Or Signals Character And Fate (1), Doomed Hero Foreshadowed Near The Ending (1), Fate Constrained City And Divine Management Of Timing (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Iliad and Aesop's Fables; a new translation. This is a deterministic summary of 30 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE DOG AND THE COOK / THE MONKEY AS KING / THE THIEVES AND THE COCK / THE FARMER AND FORTUNE; lines 1852-1865 high Personified Fortune Claims Credit For Luck And Potential Blame For Loss record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE DOG AND THE COOK / THE MONKEY AS KING / THE THIEVES AND THE COCK / THE FARMER AND FORTUNE; lines 302-340 low Human Relation With Personified Fortune record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE HUNTER AND THE HORSEMAN / THE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATS / THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE SWALLOW / THE TRAVELLER AND FORTUNE; lines 5344-5365 medium Personified Fortune Intervenes To Prevent Blame record
Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE LION AND THE WILD ASS / THE MAN AND THE SATYR / THE IMAGE-SELLER / THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW; lines 2625-2635 high Death By A Weapon Made Partly From Oneself Or One's Kind record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 2284-2336 high Birth Date Determines Or Signals Character And Fate record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9228-9370 high Life And Destiny As Spun Thread record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701 / II. 1745; lines 4266-4319 high Unwitting Killing With A Thrown Disk record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19693-19817 high Hero Fears Shameful Death Instead Of Foretold Heroic Death record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Iliad BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE.; lines 23271-23326 high Foretold Vulnerable Death Of A Hero record
The Iliad THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 7340-7487 high Fated Fall Of City And Captive Wife Foreseen record
The Iliad THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 7489-7553 high Fixed Mortal Fate Accepted Before Combat record
The Iliad THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 7489-7553 high Mourning The Living Warrior As Already Dead record
The Iliad THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK II. / ARGUMENT. / THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY, AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.; lines 4060-4164 high Foreknown Doom Disregarded Under Fate record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15362-15506 high Foredoomed Borrowing Of Arms record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 16202-16341 high Fate Ordained Limit Of Heroic Success record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 16343-16451 high Hero Killed By Combined Fate, Gods, And Mortals record
The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18608-18748 high Heroic Death Fixed By Divine And Mortal Agency record
The Iliad THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 10926-11027 high Fate Protected Hero record
The Iliad THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XX. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.; lines 18750-18901 medium Fate Constrained City And Divine Management Of Timing record
The Iliad THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XX. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.; lines 18750-18901 high Hero Knowingly Enters Death Bound Combat record
The Iliad THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XX. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.; lines 19175-19313 high Fated Death Deferred By Divine Warning record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23698-23815 medium Fate Binding Gods And Mortals record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25331-25485 high Decreed Fate Delayed But Not Annulled record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25618-25679 medium Doomed Hero Foreshadowed Near The Ending record
The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17544-17691 high Unavoidable Heroic Mortality record
The Iliad THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX. / BOOK VIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.; lines 8694-8829 medium Mortals Subject To Fate And Divine Counsel record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16721-16857 high Brief Glory Granted Before Foretold Death record
The Iliad THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 12294-12397 high Balanced Battle Turned By A Champion And Fate record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6209-6282 high Cosmic Order Governed By Personified Necessity And Fates record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 6284-6350 high Fates Weaving Destiny record
Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

24 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Failed Defense Against Destined Or Superior Weapon (1), Ominous Signs Foretelling Death In Battle (1), Warrior Surrounded And Killed By Massed Spears (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge and Gods and Fighting Men. This is a deterministic summary of 24 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK FIVE: OISIN'S CHILDREN / BOOK SIX: DIARMUID. / CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT; lines 10542-10615 high World Strength Overcome By Death record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA / CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL / CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF GABHRA; lines 13963-14068 high Supernatural Washerwoman Foretells Battlefield Death record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER IX. THE HIGH KING'S SON / CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS / CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY / CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT; lines 8134-8219 high Destined Weapon Recognized By Doomed Ruler record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 12801-12890 high Fatal Hunt Against A Fated Beast record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 12801-12890 high Warning Ignored Before Fatal Encounter record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 12985-13086 high Fatal Boar Hunt record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN / BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE; lines 13368-13481 high Ominous Signs Foretelling Death In Battle record
Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 4983-5163 high Servant Attempts To Dissuade Hero From Doomed Battle record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 4983-5163 high Warning Before A Fated Combat record
Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 5290-5478 high Doomed Warrior Warned By Former Friend record
Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 5898-6019 medium Failed Defense Against Destined Or Superior Weapon record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 129 / PAGE 133 / PAGE 134 / PAGE 138; lines 8442-8482 medium Foreknown Movement Toward A Final Resting Place record
Heroic Romances of Ireland THE EXILE OF THE SONS' OF USNACH / INTRODUCTION / THE EXILE OF THE SONS OF USNACH / BOOK OF LEINSTER VERSION; lines 4188-4331 high Fated Return Ending In Ambush record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH THE ACCOUTREMENT OF THE CHARIOTEERS / HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW; lines 12872-12949 medium Postponement Of Conflict Until A Destined Great Battle record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW / THE SCYTHED CHARIOT / XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN.; lines 8940-8986 high Misthrown Weapon Kills Ally Or Kin record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS; lines 5391-5542 medium Warning Before A Likely Fatal Encounter record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3288-3410 high Renown Purchased By Short Life record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 10120-10221 high Ominous Farewell Before Battle record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 12191-12330 high Warrior Surrounded And Killed By Massed Spears record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 9309-9432 high Poisoned Attackers Whose Wounds Are Fatal By A Set Term record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 9729-9882 medium Foretold Death At A Ford record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 9729-9882 medium Warning Before Fated Combat record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 9884-10004 high Hero Refuses Retreat Despite Warning record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 9884-10004 high Warning Before Fated Single Combat With A Beloved Foster Brother record
Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

21 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Book Of Fate With Inscribed Or Obliterated Names (1), Hostile Wheel Of Fate Or Heaven (1), Personified Cosmic Wheel As Hostile Fate (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Poems from the Divan of Hafiz. This is a deterministic summary of 21 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL / LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION; lines 351-413 medium Death As Predatory Bird Overtaking The Powerful record
The Mesnevi OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7566-7673 high Appointed Death Fulfilled By Attempted Escape record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 7401-7622 high Predestination And Human Action record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 8071-8296 high Personified Cosmic Wheel As Hostile Fate record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 9428-9661 high Mortality Under The Wheel Of Heaven record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXIII. / LXVIII. / LXIX. / LXXI.; lines 3710-3725 high Futility Of Human Effort Against Decree record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXIII. / LXVIII. / LXIX. / LXXI.; lines 3710-3725 high Irreversible Written Destiny record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXIX. / LXXI. / LXXII. / LXXIII.; lines 3753-3794 high Written And Unalterable Destiny record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXI. / LXXII. / LXXIII. / LXXV.; lines 3797-3811 medium Cosmic Ordering Of Fate record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXI. / LXXII. / LXXIII. / LXXV.; lines 3797-3811 high Denial Of Personal Guilt Through Fate record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXI. / LXXII. / LXXIII. / LXXV.; lines 3797-3811 high Predestined Human Lot record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXVII. / LXXXVI. / XCIX. / CVII.; lines 4636-4664 high Irrevocable Writing Of Fate record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam OF THE / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / OMAR KHAYYAM / ASTRONOMER-POET OF PERSIA; lines 716-809 high Poetic Fate As Severing Of Life record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 12128-12323 high Personified Cosmic Wheel As Oppressor record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 12913-13101 high Fate Inscribed By Heaven record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 13295-13484 medium Hostile Wheel Of Fate Or Heaven record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / TRANSLATED BY / E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION; lines 5440-5520 high Predestination And Vessels Of Fate record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam STANZA / STANZA / STANZA / STANZA; lines 4988-5043 high Book Of Fate With Inscribed Or Obliterated Names record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XCVI. / XCIX. / APPENDIX. / PAGE 4.; lines 4371-4396 high Life Cut By Fate record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XXVII. / XXVIII. / XXIX. / XXXI.; lines 2826-2840 high Inescapable Bond Of Fate record
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XXXVI. / XXXVII. / XLII. / XLIII.; lines 3126-3140 high Appointed Cup That All Must Drink record
Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

17 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Divine Allotment Of Lifespan At Birth (1), Dying Enemy Foretells Victor's Imminent Equal Fate (1), Fate Or Doom Overruling Saving Counsel (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Aeneid of Virgil and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV. This is a deterministic summary of 17 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA / BOOK TWELFTH / THE SLAYING OF TURNUS; lines 8351-8435 high Hero Turns Toward Fated Death record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 798-896 medium Fate Or Doom Overruling Saving Counsel record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6645-6692 medium Fated Warrior Exposed To Death After Protective Concealment Ends record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6645-6692 medium Matched Young Warriors Prevented From Direct Encounter By Divine And Fated Order record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6694-6752 high Appointed Day Of Death record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6694-6752 medium Divine Witness Unable Or Unwilling To Save A Favored Mortal record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6835-6903 high Fate Delayed But Not Overturned record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6905-6955 high Dying Enemy Foretells Victor's Imminent Equal Fate record
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6957-7018 high Balanced Mutual Destruction In Battle record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6957-7018 high Deflected Weapon Kills Unintended Victim record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 7020-7079 high Warrior And War Horse Bound In Shared Fate record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7257-7341 high Fate Backed Heroic Opponent record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII BOOK IV. / BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII.; lines 379-400 high Accidental Death By Received Weapon record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1128-1209 high Divine Allotment Of Lifespan At Birth record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8260-8334 high Hero Killed By Divinely Directed Hidden Arrow record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13517-13608 high Divine Warning Signs Before Unavoidable Death record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3241-3332 high Fate As A Power Superior Even To Gods record
Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

10 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Fatal Day Of The Youthful Warrior (1), Fate Challenged By Human Will Through Ascetic Or Ritual Aid (1), Foretold Death Of The Chosen Bridegroom (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki and Maha-bharata. This is a deterministic summary of 10 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Maha-bharata BOOK IV / DYUTA / BOOK V / PATIVRATA-MAHATMYA; lines 2428-2568 high Foretold Death Of The Chosen Bridegroom record
Maha-bharata BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 4830-4970 high Fatal Day Of The Youthful Warrior record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto C. The Meeting. / Canto CI. Bharata Questioned. / Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation. / Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens.; lines 24460-24568 high Inevitability Of Death And Separation record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations. / Canto XVIII. The Sentence. / Canto XXII. Lakshman Calmed.; lines 13323-13448 high Submission To Irresistible Fate record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LIV. The Battle. / Canto LV. The Hermitage Burnt. / Canto LVII. Trisanku. / Canto LVIII. Trisanku Cursed.; lines 7468-7567 medium Fate Challenged By Human Will Through Ascetic Or Ritual Aid record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40089-40239 high Fate As True Conqueror record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40241-40395 high Former Deeds Shaping Present Fate record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell.; lines 52581-52761 high Ill Omens Before Doomed Battle record
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 43741-43899 medium Fated Carrion Feast After Vow Of Death record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XVIII. The Mutilation. / Canto XIX. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXI. The Rousing Of Khara. / Canto XXIII. The Omens.; lines 29225-29359 high Fate Noose Around A Doomed Army record
Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

9 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Ignored Warning Leads To Heroic Death (1), Fate Goddesses Present At Birth And Death (1), Fortune As Unstable Wheel Or Ball (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 9 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES. / JUPITER.; lines 1275-1294 medium God Constrained By Fate record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome GRAEAE. / SPHINX. / TYCHE (FORTUNA) AND ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / TYCHE (FORTUNA).; lines 4728-4751 high Fortune As Unstable Wheel Or Ball record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome GRAEAE. / SPHINX. / TYCHE (FORTUNA) AND ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / TYCHE (FORTUNA).; lines 4728-4751 high Personified Fortune Governing Human Outcomes record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MINOR DIVINITIES. / THE HARPIES. / ERINYES, EUMENIDES (FURIAE, DIRAE). / MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE).; lines 4455-4503 high Fate Goddesses Present At Birth And Death record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MINOR DIVINITIES. / THE HARPIES. / ERINYES, EUMENIDES (FURIAE, DIRAE). / MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE).; lines 4455-4503 high Inexorable Fate Ruling Gods And Mortals record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MINOR DIVINITIES. / THE HARPIES. / ERINYES, EUMENIDES (FURIAE, DIRAE). / MOIRAE OR FATES (PARCAE).; lines 4455-4503 high Life Thread Spun And Cut By Fate Goddesses record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.--FIRST DYNASTY. / URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.) / SECOND DYNASTY. / CRONUS (SATURN).; lines 549-631 high Time As Reaper record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9514-9591 high Ignored Warning Leads To Heroic Death record
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome TYCHE (FORTUNA) AND ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / TYCHE (FORTUNA). / FORTUNA. / ANANKE (NECESSITAS).; lines 4767-4807 high Necessity Embodied As A Binding Power record
Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Inescapable Appointed Death (1), Condemnation Of Ritual Superstition Attributed To Divine Institution (1), Inescapable Destiny Shaping Conduct (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 29338-29435 high Inescapable Appointed Death record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IX.; lines 18107-18186 high Trust In Divine Decree Amid Misfortune record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5117-5166 medium Inescapable Destiny Shaping Conduct record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6226-6276 medium Condemnation Of Ritual Superstition Attributed To Divine Institution record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII. / SECTION VIII.; lines 7990-8040 high Necessity Versus Human Agency record
Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Poisoned Cup Kills The Hero Immune Father Cannot Save (1), Fatal Exception To Otherwise Harmless Weapons (1), Fate Powers Binding Gods (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7594-7696 high Fatal Exception To Otherwise Harmless Weapons record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10571-10664 high Ominous Warnings Ignored Before A Fatal Visit record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9644-9745 high Poisoned Cup Kills The Hero Immune Father Cannot Save record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12542-12649 high Fate Powers Binding Gods record
Persian

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Persian, this family appears through Death Attributed To Non Human Agency And To Fate/destiny (1), Fate Or Lot Governing Human And Animal Outcomes (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Persian Literature, Volume 1 and The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Persian Literature, Volume 1 GUSHTSP, AND THE FAITH OF ZERDUSHT / THE HEFT-KHAN OF ISFENDIYR / CAPTURE OF THE BRAZEN FORTRESS / THE DEATH OF ISFENDIYR; lines 13144-13177 medium Death Attributed To Non Human Agency And To Fate/destiny record
The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan LXXVI / LXXVII / LXXVIII / LXXXI; lines 4553-4571 high Fate Or Lot Governing Human And Animal Outcomes record
Daoist

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Daoist, this family appears through Acceptance Of Destiny After Loss (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER IV. / MAN AMONG MEN. / CHAPTER V. / THE EVIDENCE OF VIRTUE COMPLETE.; lines 2646-2772 medium Acceptance Of Destiny After Loss record
Converges

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.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Daoist leans toward Acceptance Of Destiny After Loss; Roman leans toward Divine Allotment Of Lifespan At Birth; Sufi leans toward Book Of Fate With Inscribed Or Obliterated Names; Greek leans toward Birth Date Determines Or Signals Character And Fate; Islamic leans toward Inescapable Appointed Death; Persian leans toward Death Attributed To Non Human Agency And To Fate/destiny.

Comparison Mode

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 - 10 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 30 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 30 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 10 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 5 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 24 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 4 tagged occurrences