Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Destruction or obstruction of wine and joy

destruction_or_obstruction_of_wine_and_joy

A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. 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 QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 14435-14622 confidence: medium

    A filthy shape appears, neither man nor woman, wearing a shirt made of the smoke of Hell; it breaks the flask and spills the ruby wine on the earth.

    A hellish shape breaks a flask and spills ruby wine; later the speaker says God has broken his pitcher, shut the portals of joy, and poured out the wine.

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