Motif
animated idol through sacred trace material
animated_idol_through_sacred_trace_material
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 XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24638-24735 confidence: medium
Al Smeri says he saw what others did not, took a handful of dust from the footsteps of the messenger of God, and cast it into the molten calf.
Al Smeri casts dust from the messenger of God's footsteps into the molten calf; the note explains the dust as life-giving and used to animate the calf.
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