Motif
animation of clay creatures
animation_of_clay_creatures
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 11082-11146 confidence: high
A note says some identify the made bird as a bat, while others suppose Jesus made several birds of different sorts.
Jesus commands clay figures of birds and beasts to move, fly, eat, and drink.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 11082-11146 confidence: high
The passage reports that some identify the clay bird as a bat and recounts an infancy tradition in which seven-year-old Jesus makes clay figures of birds and beasts move, fly, stand on his hands, and eat and drink; parents then forbid play with him and call him a sorcerer.
Young Jesus makes clay figures of birds and beasts move, fly, and eat and drink.
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