Motif
Uncertainty of death-place or burial-place
uncertainty_of_death_place_or_burial_place
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family, within the sub-family Mourning Ritual and Funerary Practice. 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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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15304-15431 confidence: high
The footnote cites the Koranic idea that no man knows where he shall die, then compares a Captain Cook anecdote in which Oreo asks Cook's marai; Cook answers 'Stepney,' while Forster says no seaman can know where he will be buried.
The passage juxtaposes a Koranic statement that no man knows where he shall die with anecdotes about naming or refusing to name a future burial place.
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