Life As A Fragile Thread
1
Personification Of Natural Forces In Epic Figures
1
Three Fate Sisters Who Govern Destiny
1
Weaving The Web Of Fate
1
Celestial Maiden Weaving On The Rainbow
1
Celestial Maidens As Spinners And Weavers
1
Present Life Wasted Like A Spun Thread
1
Three Fate Figures Governing Time And Revolutions
1
Web Of Fate As Cosmic Or Atmospheric Image
1
Comparative mythology corpus
Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving
9 tagged occurrences across 5 traditions.
The evidence moves beyond death-by-fate into personified or woven destiny that governs time, revolutions, atmosphere, or cosmic order.
9total occurrences
9child motifs
5traditions present
800 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
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 Motif | Relationship | Occurrences | Traditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life As A Fragile Thread | symbolic_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Personification Of Natural Forces In Epic Figures | heuristic_family_name_match | 1 | 1 |
| Three Fate Sisters Who Govern Destiny | child | 1 | 1 |
| Weaving The Web Of Fate | symbolic_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Celestial Maiden Weaving On The Rainbow | symbolic_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Celestial Maidens As Spinners And Weavers | role_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Present Life Wasted Like A Spun Thread | symbolic_variant | 1 | 1 |
| Three Fate Figures Governing Time And Revolutions | child | 1 | 1 |
| Web Of Fate As Cosmic Or Atmospheric Image | symbolic_variant | 1 | 1 |
Tradition Frequency
Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.How Each Tradition Tells It
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Norse
How This Tradition Tells It
3 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Norse, this family appears through Three Fate Sisters Who Govern Destiny (1), Weaving The Web Of Fate (1), Web Of Fate As Cosmic Or Atmospheric Image (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6162-6289 | high | Three Fate Sisters Who Govern Destiny | record |
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6162-6289 | high | Weaving The Web Of Fate | record |
| Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS; lines 6291-6393 | medium | Web Of Fate As Cosmic Or Atmospheric Image | record |
Finnish/Karelian
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Celestial Maiden Weaving On The Rainbow (1), Celestial Maidens As Spinners And Weavers (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431 | high | Celestial Maidens As Spinners And Weavers | record |
| Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 4268-4457 | high | Celestial Maiden Weaving On The Rainbow | record |
Sufi
How This Tradition Tells It
2 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Sufi, this family appears through Life As A Fragile Thread (1), Present Life Wasted Like A Spun Thread (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Poems from the Divan of Hafiz and The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poems from the Divan of Hafiz | INTRODUCTION / FROM THE DIVAN OF HAFIZ / XVIII / XXIII; lines 2259-2302 | high | Life As A Fragile Thread | record |
| The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | IN THE FIRST EDITION. / XXXIII. / XXXVII. / IN THE SECOND EDITION.; lines 4516-4537 | medium | Present Life Wasted Like A Spun Thread | record |
Greek
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Greek, this family appears through Three Fate Figures Governing Time And Revolutions (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Republic. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Republic | BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX. / BOOK X.; lines 24378-24425 | high | Three Fate Figures Governing Time And Revolutions | record |
Hindu
How This Tradition Tells It
1 occurrences
How This Tradition Tells It
In Hindu, this family appears through Personification Of Natural Forces In Epic Figures (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.
| Text | Line Range | Confidence | Child Motif | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 60124-60157 | medium | Personification Of Natural Forces In Epic Figures | record |
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.
Local Emphasis
Finnish/Karelian leans toward Celestial Maiden Weaving On The Rainbow; Sufi leans toward Life As A Fragile Thread; Hindu leans toward Personification Of Natural Forces In Epic Figures; Greek leans toward Three Fate Figures Governing Time And Revolutions; Norse leans toward Three Fate Sisters Who Govern Destiny.
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 - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 750-400 BCE
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 750-650 BCE
The Iliad
Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 200 BCE-200 CE
The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita
Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 1 tagged occurrences
ca. 800-1270 CE
The Poetic Edda
Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 3 tagged occurrences
1835-1849 CE compilation
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland
Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 2 tagged occurrences