Motif
animal guardian at sacred threshold
animal_guardian_at_sacred_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: medium
The sleepers appear awake though sleeping; they are turned right and left; their dog stretches its forelegs at the cave mouth; a viewer would flee in fear.
The dog lies at the mouth of the cave, and the commentary describes it as guarding the sleepers while they sleep.
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