Motif
Destruction of harmful image or statue
destruction_of_harmful_image_or_statue
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 2842-2935 confidence: high
At the summit, Agib sleeps under the dome; an old man appears in a dream, tells him to dig up a brass bow and three lead arrows, shoot the statue, bury the horse, board a boat rowed by a metal man, and not speak Allah's name.
Agib shoots the statue as instructed, and the horseman falls into the sea, changing the situation on the mountain.
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