Motif
ancestral dispossession used to justify taking from outsiders
ancestral_dispossession_used_to_justify_taking_from_outsiders
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 2144-2221 confidence: medium
Frequent robberies of merchants and travellers are said to have made the name of Arab almost infamous in Europe.
Raiding is explained through the story that Ismael was expelled, given deserts and plains by God, and permitted to take what he found there.
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