Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Fire answered by absent water and unseasonal rain

fire_answered_by_absent_water_and_unseasonal_rain

A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


egyptian

  • Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations A LEGEND OF THE GOD KHNEMU AND OF A SEVEN YEARS' FAMINE. / I.--INCANTATIONS AGAINST REPTILES AND NOXIOUS CREATURES IN GENERAL. / ANOTHER CHAPTER. / II.--THE NARRATIVE OF ISIS.; lines 4342-4462 confidence: medium

    Tefen enters under the leaves of the door and stings the son of Usert. A fire breaks out in Usert's house; no water is there to extinguish it, but the sky rains on the house although it is not the rain or inundation season.

    A fire breaks out in Usert's house, no water is present to extinguish it, and rain falls although it is not the season.

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