Motif
ominous choice among supernatural signs
ominous_choice_among_supernatural_signs
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.
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islamic
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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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