Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Adamic dust reused by the potter

adamic_dust_reused_by_the_potter

A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 10606-10803 confidence: high

    The speaker sees a potter pounding earth and shreds of pottery and, with insight, thinks it is Adam’s dust.

    The speaker sees a potter working earth and pottery shreds and thinks, with insight, that the material is Adam’s dust.

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