Motif
Animal companion at a sacred or fearful threshold
animal_companion_at_a_sacred_or_fearful_threshold
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23300-23386 confidence: high
The sleepers would seem awake while sleeping; they are caused to turn right and left; their dog stretches its forelegs at the cave mouth; a sudden viewer would flee in fear.
The dog lies at the mouth of the cave, is associated with the sleepers, and is included in the reported counts of the group.
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