Motif
prophecy of violent death
prophecy_of_violent_death
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Death and Doom Omens. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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Mystics and Saints of Islam CHAPTER V / CHAPTER VI / CHAPTER VII / CHAPTER VIII; lines 2040-2134 confidence: medium
Hallaj serves Teshtari, makes pilgrimage, becomes Junaid's disciple, receives Junaid's prediction about reddening the stake, and Junaid later signs that Hallaj outwardly deserves death but inwardly knows the Most High.
Junaid predicts that Hallaj will redden the head of the stake before the execution narrative unfolds.
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