Motif
Armed founder succeeds where unarmed founder fails
armed_founder_succeeds_where_unarmed_founder_fails
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Liberation, Defense, and Route Clearing. 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) THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II.; lines 2864-2911 confidence: high
A political observation is cited: armed prophets have succeeded and unarmed ones failed; Moses, Cyrus, Theseus, and Romulus are named as examples who needed arms to establish institutions.
The passage reports the maxim that armed prophets have succeeded and unarmed ones failed, naming several founders as examples.
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