Motif
prophecy of reversal after defeat
prophecy_of_reversal_after_defeat
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Personal Destiny and Kinship Prophecies. 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 XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28835-28914 confidence: high
“THE Greeks have been overcome by the Persians”
The passage is interpreted in the note as predicting that the Greeks, though defeated, would prevail over the Persians within a few years.
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