Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Celestial guardians repel boundary-crossing devils

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A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. 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) CHAPTER XIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21590-21683 confidence: medium

    A note says that falling or shooting stars are supposed to be darts thrown by angels guarding the constellations at devils who approach too near.

    The note explains shooting stars as angels guarding constellations and darting them at devils that approach too near.

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