Motif
Birth date as death date
birth_date_as_death_date
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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1 traditions
egyptian
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians CHAPTER XIV / EGYPTIAN POETICAL COMPOSITIONS / CHAPTER XV / MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE; lines 8613-8744 confidence: medium
Calendar entries classify days of Hathor and Pharmuthi as unlucky or partly lucky; they forbid fire, bathing, and work on specified days and say one born on 22 Pharmuthi will die on that day.
The 22nd day of Pharmuthi is said to determine death on that day for anyone born then.
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