Motif
Animated speaking vessels
animated_speaking_vessels
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXXVI. / LXXXVII. / LXXXVIII. / LXXXIX.; lines 4101-4172 confidence: medium
Vessels speak one by one; the little Moon looks in; the vessels address each other as brothers and anticipate a porter's shoulder-knot creaking.
The passage describes vessels speaking one by one, calling each other brothers, and awaiting the porter.
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