Man's fate written on his skull

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Man's fate written on his skull.

Ordaining the future. · Prophecies. · Prophecies. · view the constellation · filed as M302.2

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Penzer VII 24 n. 1

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Filed under Means of prophesying.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Fate written on the head Man's destiny read in his face

Filed beside it

Prophesying through knowledge of animal languages Descent into hell to learn future Horoscope taken by means of stars Tasks assigned so as to learn future Prophecy inscribed on well Prophecy through dreams Prophecy from book. (Cf. M301.21.)

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