Motif
Marked-lot divination for choosing action or target
marked_lot_divination_for_choosing_action_or_target
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) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6116-6169 confidence: high
The passage says divining by arrows was used by ancient Greeks and appears in scripture concerning the king of Babylon; Jerome explains casting marked arrows into a quiver to decide which city to attack.
Jerome's cited explanation describes marked arrows cast into a quiver and drawn to decide which people or city should be attacked first.
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