Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

bodily penalty mirrors the offending body part

bodily_penalty_mirrors_the_offending_body_part

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN. / SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS.; lines 6672-6726 confidence: medium

    Theft is described as punished by cutting off the hand, while the Sonna is said to require the stolen object to be of a certain value before this punishment is inflicted.

    Theft is described as punished by cutting off the offending part, the hand.

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