Motif
Birth date determines or signals character and fate
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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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greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 2284-2336 confidence: high
The sixth of the mid-month is unfavorable for plants, good for male birth, unfavorable for a girl to be born or married; the first sixth is bad for a girl's birth but good for gelding kids and sheep and fencing a sheep-cote; a boy born then will favor sharp speech, lies, cunning words, and stealthy converse.
The passage links particular birth days with male or female favorability and with traits such as wisdom, sound-wittedness, and cunning or deceitful speech.
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