Motif
Birds sent to discover habitable land
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A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Shipwreck Survivors and Flood Landfall. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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jewish christian
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Genesis Footnotes / Chapter 7 / Footnotes / Chapter 8; lines 490-538 confidence: high
Noah opens the ship’s window and sends out a raven, which goes back and forth until the waters dry from the earth.
Noah sends out a raven and repeatedly sends out a dove to determine whether the waters have abated; the dove’s olive leaf and final non-return mark changing conditions outside the ship.
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