Motif
comic misunderstanding of learned performance
comic_misunderstanding_of_learned_performance
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jámí A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN / SIXTH GARDEN / JOCULARITY / A WEAVER AND A LEARNED PROFESSOR; lines 2041-2066 confidence: high
As the lecture continued, the weaver noticed that the Mullana often shook his head.
The weaver observes the professor's head-shaking during a lecture and interprets it as the lesson itself, producing a joke about taking the professor's place.
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