Motif
Animal hesitation at a dangerous threshold
animal_hesitation_at_a_dangerous_threshold
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Mesnevi OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 8212-8311 confidence: low
The poem turns back to the lion and his friend; at the well, the lion sees the hare slacken and draw back, then tells him to come forward to find the enemy.
The lion and hare arrive at a well, where the hare slows and draws back while the lion urges him toward the enemy.
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