Motif
Creation from dust
creation_from_dust
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
islamic (1) · mesopotamian (1)
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28917-28982 confidence: high
God brings the living out of the dead and the dead out of the living, quickens dead earth, and in like manner people are brought from graves; humans are created from dust and spread over the earth.
Human beings are described as created from dust and spread over the face of the earth.
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mesopotamian
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An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic / Part III / PREFATORY NOTE / INTRODUCTION.; lines 731-819 confidence: high
The people "implore the goddess Aruru to create a rival"; "dEnkidu is formed out of dust by Aruru and eventually brought to Erech."
dEnkidu is explicitly said to be formed out of dust by Aruru.
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