Motif
Anthropomorphic speaking vessels
anthropomorphic_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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXXIV. / LXXXV. / LXXXVI. / LXXXVII.; lines 4050-4072 confidence: high
“After a momentary silence spake / Some Vessel of a more ungainly make”
Both quatrains give speech to vessels or pots: an ungainly vessel and a Sufi pipkin.
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