Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

creator destroys created vessel

creator_destroys_created_vessel

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 8524-8747 confidence: high

    A chalice made with profound wit and the Maker's favor is dashed to pieces by the world's Potter; the note compares Job's question about the labor of God's hands.

    A chalice marked by the Maker's favor is dashed to pieces by the world's Potter.

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