Motif
omen of favorable birds at parting
omen_of_favorable_birds_at_parting
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Animal and Bird Omens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Odyssey BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10534-10622 confidence: medium
Ulysses says his ship lies outside the town and that when Ulysses left his country five years earlier, birds flew on their right hands as favorable omens of another meeting and gift exchange.
In Ulysses' fabricated account, birds fly on the right hand and are interpreted as good omens for a future meeting and exchange of gifts.
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