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Comparative mythology corpus

Prophecy and Systematic Divination

128 tagged occurrences across 15 traditions.

Oracles, seers, omens, augury, divination methods, lot-casting, soothsaying, and systematic access to hidden or future knowledge. Distinct from dream_and_vision because prophecy involves established methods and roles rather than spontaneous altered perception.

128total occurrences
128child motifs
15traditions present
800 BCE to 1849 CEknown era range
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
Ambiguous Oracle Misunderstood Across Generations functional_variant 1 1
Auspicious Flame Omen symbolic_variant 1 1
Bad Omen Reversed By Favorable Interpretation functional_variant 1 1
Birth Visitation And Destiny Gifts functional_variant 1 1
Blood Omen Revealing Absent Hero's Danger functional_variant 1 1
Blood Water Portent Of Slaughter functional_variant 1 1
Bodily Omen Of Right And Left Eye Throbbing child 1 1
Casting Lots To Reveal A Hidden Offender ritual_variant 1 1
Concealed Identity Of The Prophesied Threat functional_variant 1 1
Death Omen Produced By Ritual Failure Or Contact With The Death Figure ritual_variant 1 1
Death Omen Recognized Through Harp Sound symbolic_variant 1 1
Dying Warrior Foretells Conqueror's Death child 1 1
False Omen Exposed functional_variant 1 1
Feared Oracle Fulfilled Despite Attempted Avoidance functional_variant 1 1
Heavenly Omen Inaugurates Battle narrower_than 1 1
Ignored Omen Before Destructive Desire functional_variant 1 1
Lot Casting With Marked And Blank Arrows ritual_variant 1 1
Marked Lot Divination For Choosing Action Or Target functional_variant 1 1
Mistaken Smoke Portent symbolic_variant 1 1
Omen Based Divination alias 1 1
Oracle Warning Fulfilled Through Misinterpretation functional_variant 1 1
Oracle Sanctioned Marriage Exception functional_variant 1 1
Prior Birth Bodhisatta Receives Prophecy Of Future Buddhahood functional_variant 1 1
Prophecy Concerning An Exceptional Figure functional_variant 1 1
Prophecy Fulfilled By The Hero functional_variant 1 1
Prophecy Fulfilled Despite Protective Concealment functional_variant 1 1
Prophecy Of Future Buddhahood After A Meritorious Encounter child 1 1
Prophecy Of Future Trouble After Killing A Hidden King narrower_than 1 1
Prophecy Of The Hero Sacking The Hold narrower_than 1 1
Prophetic Claimants Within A Religious Community role_variant 1 1
Prophetic Water Divinities role_variant 1 1
Sacred Site Omen Synchronized With Holy Successor’s Death symbolic_variant 1 1
Temporary Divine Possession Producing Prophecy Or Divination functional_variant 1 1
War Goddess Incites Battle And Foretells Slaughter functional_variant 1 1
War Omen Through Praise Song functional_variant 1 1
Animal Associated With Prophecy symbolic_variant 1 1
Animal Omen Interpreted As War And Peace functional_variant 1 1
Animal Sign And Cult Foundation functional_variant 1 1
Augural Bird Sign Prompting Battle child 1 1
Battle Deferred Until Prophecy And Leader’s Recovery functional_variant 1 1
Battle Delayed Until Favorable Omen functional_variant 1 1
Battle Omen At The Ford narrower_than 1 1
Bird Omen Confirms Companions' Safety functional_variant 1 1
Blood Omen From Heaven Before Heroic Death functional_variant 1 1
Blood Omen In An Abandoned Object functional_variant 1 1
Bodily Omen Before Death Or Disaster child 1 1
Celestial Portent Before Battle narrower_than 1 1
Child Exposed Because Of A Threatening Prophecy child 1 1
Contested Installation And Prophecy Of Order’s Increase functional_variant 1 1
Death By Pyre As Omen To Departing Enemy functional_variant 1 1
Death Foretold By Oracle And Fulfilled Despite Avoidance functional_variant 1 1
Defeated King’s Prophecy Of Future Avenger child 1 1
Desolate Capital As Omen Of Disaster symbolic_variant 1 1
Divination By Burning Branch ritual_variant 1 1
Divination By Lots Before Undertaking An Enterprise functional_variant 1 1
Divination With Yew Wands ritual_variant 1 1
Divinatory Arrows Held By Cult Images ritual_variant 1 1
Divine Animal Omen Before Battle functional_variant 1 1
Divine Lordship Over Omen Birds And Animals child 1 1
Divine Sign And Naming Omen narrower_than 1 1
Doom Prophecy Before Raid child 1 1
Dreams As Omens Governing Weather, Health, Luck, Victory, And Hunting narrower_than 1 1
Dying Prophecy Of The Slayer's Death child 1 1
Failed Or Questioned Auspicious Prophecy functional_variant 1 1
Fatal Omens Before Self Destruction functional_variant 1 1
Fiery Omen On A Bride To Be symbolic_variant 1 1
Foreign War Used As Religious Validation functional_variant 1 1
Foreknown Tomb And Name functional_variant 1 1
Foretold Alternatives Of Death And Chosen Heroic Death functional_variant 1 1
Foretold Champion Who Will Devastate An Army functional_variant 1 1
Hero Rejects Omen In Favor Of Martial Duty symbolic_variant 1 1
Human Embodiment Of A God As Oracle functional_variant 1 1
Immovable Deity As Civic Omen functional_variant 1 1
Infant Omen Of Future Wealth And Frugality narrower_than 1 1
Lot Cast Guardianship Decision ritual_variant 1 1
Love Divination Through Garlands And Fire ritual_variant 1 1
Mediation Between Gods And Humans broader_label 1 1
Omen Accepted As Divine Call To Arms functional_variant 1 1
Omen Marking Divergent Fates functional_variant 1 1
Omen Of Favorable Birds At Parting functional_variant 1 1
Omen Of Fortune From Bird Flight child 1 1
Omens Announcing War Before Settlement child 1 1
Omens Guiding Pursuit functional_variant 1 1
Ominous Animals And Bodily Portent Before Disaster child 1 1
Ominous Blood Cloud Before Battle functional_variant 1 1
Ominous Carrion Birds And Blood After Battle functional_variant 1 1
Ominous Hunger Prophecy Recalled During Journey functional_variant 1 1
Ominous Mishap Before Sending A Message narrower_than 1 1
Ominous Wedding Signs Preceding Death narrower_than 1 1
Oracle Fulfilled Through Animal Emblems functional_variant 1 1
Oracle Objects Kept In A Sacred Or Idol Temple functional_variant 1 1
Oracle Warning Against Marriage functional_variant 1 1
Oracle Commanded Marriage To First Met Stranger narrower_than 1 1
Oracle Directed Embassy For Divine Aid narrower_than 1 1
Oracle Directed Healing Quest narrower_than 1 1
Oracle Guided City Foundation By Ambiguous Sign functional_variant 1 1
Peaceful Death Foretold After Old Age And Completed Rites narrower_than 1 1
Plant Used For Omen Drawing On A Calendrical Feast Day ritual_variant 1 1
Prophecy Dismissed By Its Subject functional_variant 1 1
Prophecy Fulfilled In Mutual Mortal Combat functional_variant 1 1
Prophecy Fulfilled Through Attempted Avoidance functional_variant 1 1
Prophecy Fulfilled Through Attempted Violence functional_variant 1 1
Prophecy Marks That A Hero Will Not Die In A Given Fight child 1 1
Prophecy Of A Future City child 1 1
Prophecy Of Battlefield Slaughter And Carrion Birds child 1 1
Prophecy Of Destruction Surrounding A Woman child 1 1
Prophecy Of Enemy's Fall Invoked Before Combat child 1 1
Prophecy Of Reversal After Defeat narrower_than 1 1
Prophecy Of The Hero's Death And Burial Place narrower_than 1 1
Prophecy Of Vengeance For Slain Kin narrower_than 1 1
Prophecy Of Violent Death narrower_than 1 1
Prophecy Shadowed Union Leading Toward Doom functional_variant 1 1
Prophetic Announcement Of A Later Messenger functional_variant 1 1
Prophetic Battlefield Doom Speech functional_variant 1 1
Prophetic Power Retained After Metamorphosis functional_variant 1 1
Prophetic Warning Ignored By Doomed Children functional_variant 1 1
Proud Warrior Ignores Ominous Warnings functional_variant 1 1
Riddle Observance Connected With Dreams, Divination, Or Corpse Presence uncertain 1 1
Ritual Request For Augury Before A Perilous Journey ritual_variant 1 1
Rival Prophetic Claimants Recur After The Founder's Death role_variant 1 1
Safe Crossing Versus Broken Bridge As Dream Omen narrower_than 1 1
Seized Prize Not Retained functional_variant 1 1
Supernatural Battle Omen By Birds And Demons narrower_than 1 1
Sympathetic Omen Of Flourishing Or Withering functional_variant 1 1
Unbelieved True Prophecy Before Catastrophe functional_variant 1 1
Unheeded Prophecy Before Catastrophe functional_variant 1 1
Vain Augury Before Unavoidable Death functional_variant 1 1
Wager Over A Sacred Prediction functional_variant 1 1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.
Celtic Irish 25 Greek 23 Roman 20 Islamic 14 Greek/Roman 12 Hindu 8 Comparative 7 Finnish/Karelian 4 Sufi 4 Buddhist 3 Ainu 2 Islamicate Folklore 2 Norse 2 Celtic Welsh 1 Daoist 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

25 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Blood Water Portent Of Slaughter (1), Death Omen Recognized Through Harp Sound (1), Prophecy Fulfilled By The Hero (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 25 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
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 Prophecy Fulfilled In Mutual Mortal Combat record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK SIX: DIARMUID. / CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF DIARMUID / CHAPTER II. HOW DIARMUID GOT HIS LOVE-SPOT / CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE; lines 10809-10863 high Prophecy Fulfilled By The Hero record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE ENEMIES OF IRELAND / CHAPTER II. CAEL AND CREDHE / CHAPTER III. CONN CRITHER / CHAPTER IV. GLAS, SON OF BREMEN; lines 7301-7359 medium Prophecy Marks That A Hero Will Not Die In A Given Fight record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER III. ANGUS OG / CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU / CHAPTER V. AINE / CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL; lines 3343-3385 high Death Omen Recognized Through Harp Sound record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE / CHAPTER XI. FINN'S MADNESS / CHAPTER XII. THE RED WOMAN; lines 9906-9957 medium Prophecy Of Future Trouble After Killing A Hidden King record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN / BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON; lines 13149-13246 high Ominous Blood Cloud Before Battle 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 Blood Water Portent Of Slaughter record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER XI. HIS THREE CALLS TO CORMAC / CHAPTER XII. CLIODNA'S WAVE / CHAPTER XIII. HIS CALL TO CONNLA / CHAPTER XIV. TADG IN MANANNAN'S ISLANDS; lines 4786-4887 high Prophecy Of The Hero's Death And Burial Place 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 5166-5287 medium Prophecy Of Enemy's Fall Invoked Before Combat record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 19 / PAGE 20 / PAGE 21 / PAGE 22; lines 6790-6815 medium Divination With Yew Wands record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 85 / THE EXILE OF THE SONS OF USNACH / PAGE 91 / PAGE 93; lines 7907-7968 high Prophecy Of Destruction Surrounding A Woman record
Heroic Romances of Ireland Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION / TAIN BO FRAICH / PART II; lines 10277-10425 high Prophecy Of The Hero Sacking The Hold 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 4080-4185 medium Prophecy Shadowed Union Leading Toward Doom record
Heroic Romances of Ireland The Apparition of the Great Queen to Cuchulain; literal translation high Doom Prophecy Before Raid record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge CONTENTS / PREFACE / WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK; lines 1469-1620 high Foretold Champion Who Will Devastate An Army record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 14595-14693 high Prophecy Of Battlefield Slaughter And Carrion Birds record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 14595-14693 high Supernatural Battle Omen By Birds And Demons record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM; lines 14803-14951 high War Goddess Incites Battle And Foretells Slaughter record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU / XXIII / HERE FOLLOWETH THE TOOTH-FIGHT OF FINTAN / THE RED-SHAME OF MENN FOLLOWETH HERE; lines 12453-12516 medium Battle Deferred Until Prophecy And Leader’s Recovery record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU / THE ADVENTURES OF CUROI SON OF DARE FOLLOW NOW / THE REPEATED WARNING OF SUALTAIM / XXVII; lines 14954-15084 high Battle Delayed Until Favorable Omen record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE PROPOSALS / THE DEATH OF FORGEMEN / THE GREAT ROUT ON THE PLAIN OF MURTHEMNE FOLLOWETH HERE BELOW / THE SCYTHED CHARIOT; lines 8788-8903 high Prophetic Battlefield Doom Speech record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST; lines 1954-2107 medium Ominous Carrion Birds And Blood After Battle record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST; lines 2516-2635 medium War Omen Through Praise Song 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 medium Battle Omen At The 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 10827-10946 high Bodily Omen Before Death Or Disaster record
Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

23 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through False Omen Exposed (1), Heavenly Omen Inaugurates Battle (1), Oracle Warning Fulfilled Through Misinterpretation (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Iliad and Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica. This is a deterministic summary of 23 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aesop's Fables; a new translation HERCULES AND PLUTUS / THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD / THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG / THE CROW AND THE RAVEN; lines 4964-4979 high False Omen Exposed record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 452-529 high Death Foretold By Oracle And Fulfilled Despite Avoidance record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE; lines 4786-4884 medium Divine Sign And Naming Omen record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6343-6445 medium Omens Guiding Pursuit record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6642-6699 high Divine Lordship Over Omen Birds And Animals record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST; lines 8912-9016 high Oracle Warning Fulfilled Through Misinterpretation record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE PHOCAIS / THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE; lines 8436-8539 medium Heavenly Omen Inaugurates Battle record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE WAR OF THE TITANS / THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI; lines 7681-7705 high Oracle Commanded Marriage To First Met Stranger record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Symposium Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION.; lines 150-231 medium Mediation Between Gods And Humans record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20645-20779 high Dying Prophecy Of The Slayer's Death record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22426-22569 high Ritual Request For Augury Before A Perilous Journey record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 13285-13395 high Foretold Alternatives Of Death And Chosen Heroic Death 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 medium Vain Augury Before Unavoidable Death record
The Iliad THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 4824-4971 high Celestial Portent Before Battle 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 15911-16050 medium Blood Omen From Heaven Before Heroic Death record
The Iliad THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11171-11303 high Prophetic Warning Ignored By Doomed Children record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23583-23696 medium Animal Sign And Cult Foundation record
The Iliad THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 12026-12164 high Divine Animal Omen Before Battle record
The Iliad THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 12026-12164 high Hero Rejects Omen In Favor Of Martial Duty record
The Iliad THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON. / BOOK XII. / ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.; lines 12026-12164 high Seized Prize Not Retained record
The Odyssey BOOK XX / BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII; lines 10213-10296 medium Peaceful Death Foretold After Old Age And Completed Rites record
The Odyssey BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10534-10622 medium Omen Of Favorable Birds At Parting record
The Republic BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 15994-16145 medium Oracle Sanctioned Marriage Exception record
Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

20 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Ignored Omen Before Destructive Desire (1), Animal Omen Interpreted As War And Peace (1), Augural Bird Sign Prompting Battle (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 20 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5620-5714 high Omen Accepted As Divine Call To Arms record
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 8040-8120 high Augural Bird Sign Prompting Battle record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 980-1059 high Unheeded Prophecy Before Catastrophe record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1764-1832 medium Ominous Hunger Prophecy Recalled During Journey record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1916-1995 high Animal Omen Interpreted As War And Peace record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4267-4357 high Fiery Omen On A Bride To Be record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4267-4357 high Omens Announcing War Before Settlement record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2469-2540 high Fatal Omens Before Self Destruction record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING / BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END; lines 2636-2708 high Death By Pyre As Omen To Departing Enemy record
The Aeneid of Virgil PREFACE / THE AENEID / BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE; lines 402-491 high Bird Omen Confirms Companions' Safety record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE ELEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6157-6253 high Infant Omen Of Future Wealth And Frugality record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13291-13376 high Oracle Directed Embassy For Divine Aid record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9863-9933 high Prophecy Dismissed By Its Subject record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12144-12220 high Oracle Guided City Foundation By Ambiguous Sign record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH.; lines 12042-12141 high Prophecy Of A Future City record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH.; lines 3955-4038 high Ominous Wedding Signs Preceding Death record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH.; lines 7529-7561 medium Oracle Directed Healing Quest record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3413-3483 medium Ominous Mishap Before Sending A Message record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3485-3574 medium Ignored Omen Before Destructive Desire record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5309-5389 high Oracle Warning Against Marriage record
Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

14 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Casting Lots To Reveal A Hidden Offender (1), Lot Casting With Marked And Blank Arrows (1), Marked Lot Divination For Choosing Action Or Target (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 14 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1726-1776 medium Divinatory Arrows Held By Cult Images record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10989-11080 high Lot Cast Guardianship Decision record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 22673-22767 medium Omen Of Fortune From Bird Flight record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28835-28914 medium Foreign War Used As Religious Validation record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28835-28914 high Prophecy Of Reversal After Defeat record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28835-28914 medium Wager Over A Sacred Prediction record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CONTENTS. / A TABLE / OF THE / SECTIONS OF THE PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE; lines 758-792 medium Prophetic Claimants Within A Religious Community record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) ENTITLED, Y. S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31302-31400 high Casting Lots To Reveal A Hidden Offender record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) LIFE OF GEORGE SALE. / R. A. DAVENPORT. / INTRODUCTION / TO THE READER.; lines 717-755 medium Prophetic Announcement Of A Later Messenger record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6007-6058 high Lot Casting With Marked And Blank Arrows record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6061-6113 high Divination By Lots Before Undertaking An Enterprise record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6061-6113 medium Oracle Objects Kept In A Sacred Or Idol Temple record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6116-6169 high Marked Lot Divination For Choosing Action Or Target record
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII. / SECTION VIII.; lines 8363-8410 high Rival Prophetic Claimants Recur After The Founder's Death record
Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

12 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Ambiguous Oracle Misunderstood Across Generations (1), Dying Warrior Foretells Conqueror's Death (1), Feared Oracle Fulfilled Despite Attempted Avoidance (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 12 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.; lines 8825-8917 high Oracle Fulfilled Through Animal Emblems record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome HERACLES (HERCULES). / BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS.; lines 8727-8823 high Child Exposed Because Of A Threatening Prophecy record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome HERACLES (HERCULES). / BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS.; lines 8727-8823 high Prophecy Fulfilled Through Attempted Avoidance record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome PICUS. / PICUMNUS AND PILUMNUS. / SILVANUS. / TERMINUS.; lines 5897-5913 high Immovable Deity As Civic Omen record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome POMONA. / VERTUMNUS. / PALES. / PICUS.; lines 5865-5878 high Animal Associated With Prophecy record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome POMONA. / VERTUMNUS. / PALES. / PICUS.; lines 5865-5878 high Prophetic Power Retained After Metamorphosis record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome SACRIFICES. / ORACLES. / SOOTHSAYERS (AUGURS). / AUGURS.; lines 6327-6339 high Omen Based Divination record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9593-9685 high Dying Warrior Foretells Conqueror's Death record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9869-9911 high Unbelieved True Prophecy Before Catastrophe record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE NYMPHS. / WATER NYMPHS. / OCEANIDES, NEREIDES, AND NAIADES. / OCEANIDES.; lines 5331-5340 medium Prophetic Water Divinities record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES. / THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE.; lines 9109-9206 high Ambiguous Oracle Misunderstood Across Generations record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS. / PERSEUS.; lines 6736-6832 high Feared Oracle Fulfilled Despite Attempted Avoidance record
Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

8 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Auspicious Flame Omen (1), Bodily Omen Of Right And Left Eye Throbbing (1), Defeated King’s Prophecy Of Future Avenger (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki. This is a deterministic summary of 8 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LX. Lakshman Reproved. / Canto LXX. Kabandha. / BOOK IV. / Canto V. The League.; lines 37812-37948 medium Omen Marking Divergent Fates record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto LXII. Dasaratha Consoled. / Canto LXVI. The Embalming. / Canto LXVII. The Praise Of Kings. / Canto LXVIII. The Envoys.; lines 20171-20343 high Desolate Capital As Omen Of Disaster record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night. / Canto L. The Broken Spell. / Canto LX. Kumbhakarna Roused.; lines 54356-54507 high Auspicious Flame Omen 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 Proud Warrior Ignores Ominous Warnings record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted. / Canto XLIII. The Wondrous Deer. / Canto XLVI. The Guest. / Canto LI. The Combat.; lines 34370-34493 high Ominous Animals And Bodily Portent Before Disaster record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XXXVIII. The Ascent Of Suvela. / Canto XLII. The Sally. / Canto XLIII. The Single Combats. / Canto XLIV. The Night.; lines 52243-52407 medium Failed Or Questioned Auspicious Prophecy record
The Ramayan of Valmiki HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 59578-59724 high Defeated King’s Prophecy Of Future Avenger record
The Ramayan of Valmiki THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 64183-64293 high Bodily Omen Of Right And Left Eye Throbbing record
Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

7 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Death Omen Produced By Ritual Failure Or Contact With The Death Figure (1), Temporary Divine Possession Producing Prophecy Or Divination (1), Human Embodiment Of A God As Oracle (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) and The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 7 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 11851-11982 medium Plant Used For Omen Drawing On A Calendrical Feast Day record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 5554-5653 medium Death Omen Produced By Ritual Failure Or Contact With The Death Figure record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 1007-1027 high Temporary Divine Possession Producing Prophecy Or Divination record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 1274-1317 high Human Embodiment Of A God As Oracle record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 2065-2121 high Love Divination Through Garlands And Fire record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 13496-13616 medium Riddle Observance Connected With Dreams, Divination, Or Corpse Presence record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7311-7386 high Sympathetic Omen Of Flourishing Or Withering record
Finnish/Karelian

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Finnish/Karelian, this family appears through Blood Omen Revealing Absent Hero's Danger (1), Mistaken Smoke Portent (1), Blood Omen In An Abandoned Object (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 10075-10265 high Divination By Burning Branch record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 11310-11502 high Mistaken Smoke Portent record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 6368-6539 high Blood Omen In An Abandoned Object record
Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 7655-7840 high Blood Omen Revealing Absent Hero's Danger record
Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

4 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Bad Omen Reversed By Favorable Interpretation (1), Sacred Site Omen Synchronized With Holy Successor’s Death (1), Contested Installation And Prophecy Of Order’s Increase (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mesnevi and Mystics and Saints of Islam. This is a deterministic summary of 4 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Mystics and Saints of Islam CHAPTER V / CHAPTER VI / CHAPTER VII / CHAPTER VIII; lines 2040-2134 medium Prophecy Of Violent Death record
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XLIII / NOTES / XVIII / XXIII; lines 3553-3644 high Bad Omen Reversed By Favorable Interpretation record
The Mesnevi CHAPTER III. / CHAPTER IV. / CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI.; lines 4500-4638 high Contested Installation And Prophecy Of Order’s Increase record
The Mesnevi CHAPTER III. / CHAPTER IV. / CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI.; lines 4640-4767 medium Sacred Site Omen Synchronized With Holy Successor’s Death record
Buddhist

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Buddhist, this family appears through Prior Birth Bodhisatta Receives Prophecy Of Future Buddhahood (1), Prophecy Concerning An Exceptional Figure (1), Prophecy Of Future Buddhahood After A Meritorious Encounter (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1. This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS. / PART I. / PART II. / SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES.; lines 202-273 medium Prophecy Concerning An Exceptional Figure record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4522-4607 high Prior Birth Bodhisatta Receives Prophecy Of Future Buddhahood record
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 4783-4873 high Prophecy Of Future Buddhahood After A Meritorious Encounter record
Ainu

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Ainu, this family appears through Dreams As Omens Governing Weather, Health, Luck, Victory, And Hunting (1), Safe Crossing Versus Broken Bridge As Dream Omen (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Aino Folk-Tales. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Aino Folk-Tales I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / V.--SCRAPS OF FOLK-LORE.; lines 2331-2395 high Dreams As Omens Governing Weather, Health, Luck, Victory, And Hunting record
Aino Folk-Tales I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / V.--SCRAPS OF FOLK-LORE.; lines 2331-2395 high Safe Crossing Versus Broken Bridge As Dream Omen record
Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Concealed Identity Of The Prophesied Threat (1), Prophecy Fulfilled Despite Protective Concealment (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2937-3041 high Concealed Identity Of The Prophesied Threat record
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2937-3041 high Prophecy Fulfilled Despite Protective Concealment record
Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

2 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Birth Visitation And Destiny Gifts (1), Prophecy Fulfilled Through Attempted Violence (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 2 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
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 Birth Visitation And Destiny Gifts record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN; lines 1709-1827 high Prophecy Fulfilled Through Attempted Violence record
Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Prophecy Of Vengeance For Slain Kin (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Mabinogion INTRODUCTION / C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC; lines 2571-2609 high Prophecy Of Vengeance For Slain Kin record
Daoist

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Daoist, this family appears through Foreknown Tomb And Name (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 KNOWLEDGE TRAVELS NORTH. / CHAPTER XXIII. / CHAPTER XXIV. / CHAPTER XXV.; lines 11367-11501 medium Foreknown Tomb And Name 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

Greek/Roman leans toward Ambiguous Oracle Misunderstood Across Generations; Roman leans toward Ignored Omen Before Destructive Desire; Greek leans toward False Omen Exposed; Hindu leans toward Auspicious Flame Omen; Sufi leans toward Bad Omen Reversed By Favorable Interpretation; Celtic Irish leans toward Blood Water Portent Of Slaughter.

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 - 8 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 23 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 23 tagged occurrences

ca. 300-100 BCE

Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses

Buddhist - Early Buddhist verse collection - 3 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 8 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 14 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 25 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 2 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 1 tagged occurrences

1835-1849 CE compilation

Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland

Finnish/Karelian - Finnish/Karelian oral-poetry epic compilation - 4 tagged occurrences