Motif
Ball driven by Fate without agency
ball_driven_by_fate_without_agency
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LVIII. / LXIII. / LXVIII. / LXIX.; lines 3673-3707 confidence: high
The Ball makes no question of Ayes and Noes, goes here or there as the Player strikes, and He who tossed it into the field knows.
The addressed person is compared to a ball driven by the mallet of Fate and told to go right or left without speaking.
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