Motif
Ambiguous omen transformed by favorable interpretation
ambiguous_omen_transformed_by_favorable_interpretation
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XLIII / NOTES / XVIII / XXIII; lines 3553-3644 confidence: high
Lane's Arabian Nights note tells of a Sultan setting out on a raid; after a standard strikes Pleiades lamps, an officer reframes the sign favorably, and the Sultan continues and returns victorious.
The Sultan initially reads the standard striking Pleiades lamps as evil, while an officer rephrases it as the standards reaching the Pleiades, leading the Sultan to proceed and return victorious.
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