Motif
birth-time condition determines lifelong fortune
birth_time_condition_determines_lifelong_fortune
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family, within the sub-family Astral and Birth-Time Determination. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore MYTHOLOGICAL. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER III. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 8625-8694 confidence: high
A poor man finds his personal Luck as a grey-haired old woman under an oak, seeks Fate, learns that birth-time affects lives, takes lucky Militsa into his house, and saves a burning crop by declaring it Militsa's property.
Fate states that her condition at a given hour affects all children born then, explaining the poor man's bad luck and Militsa's good luck.
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