Motif
Animated idol made from collected precious ornaments
animated_idol_made_from_collected_precious_ornaments
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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 I. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 9025-9084 confidence: high
A note says al Smeri, not Aaron, cast the calf from the Israelites' collected ornaments; he put dust from Gabriel's horse-footsteps into its mouth, making it low and become animated; Israelites worshipped it, with one writer excepting 12,000.
The note describes ornaments being melted into a calf and the calf becoming animated after dust from Gabriel's horse is put into its mouth.
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