Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

angelic figure in shepherd form

angelic_figure_in_shepherd_form

A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


christian apocrypha

  • The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete SIMILITUDE VII. / SIMILITUDE VIII. / SIMILITUDE IX. / SIMILITUDE X.; lines 26802-26826 confidence: medium

    “the Angel, who bears the principal part in it, is represented in the form and habit of a shepherd.”

    The passage explains the work's title by saying that an angel with the principal part is represented in the form and habit of a shepherd.

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