Motif
Child hidden underground to avoid foretold death
child_hidden_underground_to_avoid_foretold_death
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2937-3041 confidence: high
The boy recounts a dream foretelling his birth and the wise men's prediction that he would face danger at fifteen: fifty days after Agib son of Cassib throws the brass horse statue from the mountain of adamant into the sea, the boy will fall by Agib's hand.
The father hides his son in a purpose-built underground chamber after hearing that the prophetic sign has occurred, intending to retrieve him after forty days.
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