Motif
humans as game pieces moved by a higher power
humans_as_game_pieces_moved_by_a_higher_power
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Withheld and Restrained Divine Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LVIII. / LXIII. / LXVIII. / LXIX.; lines 3673-3707 confidence: high
Quatrain LXIX describes helpless pieces moved, checked, slain, and laid back in a closet on a chequer-board of nights and days.
Both quatrains use game imagery to describe human beings as moved by heaven, a player, or Fate rather than self-directed agents.
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