Motif
animated or life-like manufactured image
animated_or_life_like_manufactured_image
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Animated Clay and Manufactured Figures. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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
The people say they carried loads of gold and silver ornaments and cast them into fire; al Smeri likewise cast in collected material and produced a corporeal lowing calf, which he and companions called their god and Moses' god.
The calf is corporeal and lowed; al Smeri explains casting dust from the messenger's footsteps into the molten calf, and a note interprets the dust as life-giving.
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