Motif
Death attributed to non-human agency and to fate/destiny
death_attributed_to_non_human_agency_and_to_fate_destiny
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
persian
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Persian Literature, Volume 1 GUSHTSP, AND THE FAITH OF ZERDUSHT / THE HEFT-KHAN OF ISFENDIYR / CAPTURE OF THE BRAZEN FORTRESS / THE DEATH OF ISFENDIYR; lines 13144-13177 confidence: medium
Isfendiyr’s bier arrives at Gushtsp’s palace; Gushtsp weeps; the mother and sisters lament and say the death was not by Rustem or Zl but by the Smrgh; the public curses Gushtsp, who stays confined until after the interment.
The women attribute the death to the Smrgh rather than human hands, and Rustem/Gushtsp frame the outcome as destiny/relentless fate.
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