Motif
Cosmos as inverted vessel
cosmos_as_inverted_vessel
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Celestial Vessels. 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 Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 7843-8069 confidence: high
The Brazier makes heads like bowls and sets one upside down above human heads; the note identifies the upside-down bowl as the sky.
The sky is described as an upside-down bowl placed over human heads by the Brazier.
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