Motif
food taboo and purity boundary
food_taboo_and_purity_boundary
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
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 13559-13628 confidence: high
The passage prohibits carrion, blood, swine flesh, animals invoked in another name than God, animals killed in specified improper ways, animals sacrificed to idols, and casting lots with arrows; woe is pronounced upon apostates.
The passage lists forbidden foods and prohibited forms of animal death or dedication, while allowing an exception in cases of compelled hunger.
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