Motif
Blessed ritual greeting at domestic threshold
blessed_ritual_greeting_at_domestic_threshold
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. 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) ENTITLED, THE TRUE BELIEVERS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 26758-26800 confidence: medium
Entering houses is to be accompanied by a blessed and welcome salutation on God's part, and God declares signs so that the hearers may understand.
The passage directs people entering houses to salute one another with a blessed and welcome salutation on God's part; the note elaborates on greeting household members or oneself when alone.
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