Motif
Deification of revered ancestral or pious figures through statues
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Relics, Cult Images, and Sacred Stones. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1620-1670 confidence: medium
Wadd, Sawa, Yaghuth, Yauk, and Nasr are named as Koranic antediluvian idols preached against by Noah, later taken by Arabs as gods, and associated with statues of pious men.
The five antediluvian idols are said to have been men of merit and piety whose statues were first reverenced and later taken as gods.
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