Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

ominous choice among supernatural signs

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A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Dream Interpretation, Divination, and Omen Responses. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER VI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER VII / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 16186-16261 confidence: medium

    Ad suffers drought, sends envoys for rain, receives a choice among white, red, and black clouds, and the chosen black cloud brings divine vengeance and a destructive tempest.

    Kail is commanded by a heavenly voice to choose among three clouds and selects the black cloud, which brings destruction instead of rain.

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