Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Devil as betrayer of humanity

devil_as_betrayer_of_humanity

A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Deceptive Speech, Voices, and False Claims. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXV. / ENTITLED, AL FORKAN; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 26901-26959 confidence: high

    The speaker laments taking such a one for his friend; the friend seduced him from God's admonition, and the devil is called the betrayer of man.

    The passage explicitly states that the devil is the betrayer of man.

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