Motif
honored humans becoming idols
honored_humans_becoming_idols
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Relics, Cult Images, and Sacred Stones. 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) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1673-1723 confidence: high
Civil honor is said to have become divine worship; Wadd is described as heaven and worshipped as a man by Calb in Daumat al Jandal.
The passage describes civil honor heightened into divine worship and gives the Yk story, where devotional effigies of the pious become idols for later descendants.
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