Motif
Fiery origin of djinn
fiery_origin_of_djinn
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Cosmic, Celestial, and Solar Fire. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6881-7048 confidence: high
Man is created from dried clay and dark molded loam; the djinn were created before from subtle fire; the Lord says that after fashioning man and breathing of divine spirit into him, the angels should fall down and worship him.
The djinn are said to have been created before man from subtle fire.
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