Motif
Battle-horse oath imagery
battle_horse_oath_imagery
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Battle, Heroic, and Trophy Vows. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER C. / ENTITLED, THE WAR-HORSES WHICH RUN SWIFTLY; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 38966-38988 confidence: high
“BY the war-horses which run swiftly to the battle, with a panting noise; and by those which strike fire, by dashing their hoofs against the stones”
The passage opens by invoking war-horses and detailing their swift movement, hoof-fire, dust, and incursion into enemy troops.
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