Motif
adultery ordeal by ritual drink and oath
adultery_ordeal_by_ritual_drink_and_oath
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Witness, Proof, Ordeal, and Cosmic Oaths. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN. / SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS.; lines 6508-6561 confidence: medium
A woman suspected of adultery without evidence is tried by drinking the bitter water of jealousy and by an oath of cursing to which she says “Amen”; the passage says this resembles Mohammed’s expedient on a like occasion.
The passage describes a suspected adulteress being tested by bitter water and an oath of cursing, and notes resemblance to a Mohammedan expedient.
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