Motif
lot-cast guardianship decision
lot_cast_guardianship_decision
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Divination Methods and Implements. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10989-11080 confidence: high
The passage calls this a secret history and says rods were thrown to cast lots over who would have Mary’s education.
Rods are cast to decide who will have Mary’s education, and the note describes Zacharias’s rod floating while others sink.
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