Choices by chance — Mythoi

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Choices by chance.

Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Nature of luck and fate. · Determination of luck or fate. · view the constellation · filed as N125

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

NorseThe First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, Book 4
NorseThe First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, Book 9
Hermetic / AlchemicalThrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena, Chapter XIV: The Vision of Er
Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter III
Literary CrystallizationFour Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee, King Lear Act 1

Within the index

Filed under Determination of luck or fate.

4 finer motifs beneath it

He upon whom feather (wisp) falls to be king's fool Luck determined by whether a crooked-necked demigod is looking at one King to be victorious as long as he rides muzzled gelding Districts named from first person met in each

Filed beside it

Fate decided before birth Lucky or unlucky places Lots cast to determine luck or fate The auspicious (lucky) day (days). (Cf. N53.)Unlucky days ("cross-days")