Motif
Creator deity with winged envoys
creator_deity_with_winged_envoys
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 16297-16428 confidence: high
Sura XXXV opens by praising God as maker of the heavens and earth and as employing angels as envoys with two, three, and four wings.
God is praised as maker of heaven and earth and as employing angels with multiple pairs of wings as envoys.
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