Motif
Food taboo against swine's flesh
food_taboo_against_swine_s_flesh
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6172-6223 confidence: high
Foreign writers are cited for the claim that Arabs abstained from swine's flesh, considered it unlawful, and had few swine in their country.
The passage reports Arab abstention from swine's flesh and says it was thought unlawful to eat.
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