Motif
Blood as prohibited food and transgressive preparation
blood_as_prohibited_food_and_transgressive_preparation
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6116-6169 confidence: medium
The Qur'an is said to prohibit blood, swine flesh, carrion, idol-slain animals, strangled animals, and animals killed by blows, falls, or beasts; the passage compares these rules to Jewish law and notes camels as an allowed difference.
The passage prohibits eating blood but also reports some pagan Arabs preparing and eating camel blood.
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