Motif
Animal-formed worshipped being concealed by ritual warning
animal_formed_worshipped_being_concealed_by_ritual_warning
A motif of the Theophany and Divine Manifestation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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christian apocrypha
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The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete CHAPTER VI. / CHAPTER VII. / CHAPTER VIII. / REFERENCES TO MARY'S GOSPEL; lines 992-1035 confidence: medium
Zacharias saw a vision while offering incense: "it was a man standing in the form of an ass"; when he wished to speak to the people, the one who appeared "took away the use of his speech."
The temple apparition appears as a man in ass form, and high-priestly bells are explained as warning the worshipped being so it can hide its ugly shape before sacrifice.
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