Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

celestial confinement and unknowable fate

celestial_confinement_and_unknowable_fate

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 7161-7399 confidence: medium

    The wheel on high remains busy with despite and adds another blow to a smitten heart.

    The wheel on high strikes the afflicted, the blue canopy closes people in, and the reason for coming and going is unknown.

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