Motif
absent ruler made present by image
absent_ruler_made_present_by_image
A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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biblical
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom / THE HOLY BIBLE / THE BOOK OF WISDOM; lines 1176-1321 confidence: high
Images of far-off rulers are made so the absent may be honored as present; skilled artistry and beauty of the work lead the multitude to take a formerly honored human as a god and give the divine name to stones and wood.
People make an express image of a far-off king to honor the absent ruler as present, and the beauty of the work contributes to divine treatment of the image.
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