Motif
death seeks the mortal
death_seeks_the_mortal
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
persian
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The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan LXVII / LXXIV / LXXVI / LXXVII; lines 4535-4550 confidence: medium
“O you that are going in quest of food, sit down... And, O you that death is in quest of, go not on...”
Death is personified as being in quest of the addressed person, who cannot carry life along.
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