Motif
barren woman's lament
barren_woman_s_lament
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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christian apocrypha
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The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete REFERENCES TO MARY'S GOSPEL / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER. II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 1158-1203 confidence: high
Anna looks toward heaven and perceives “a sparrow's nest in the laurel.”
Anna explicitly mourns her barrenness and describes herself as accursed and reproached.
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