Motif
Hospitality to mysterious messengers
hospitality_to_mysterious_messengers
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 12770-12897 confidence: medium
Messengers come to Abraham with peace and glad tidings; he brings a roasted calf, but when their hands do not touch it he becomes afraid, and they say they are sent to Lot's people.
Abraham greets messengers and brings a roasted calf; Lot is distressed over the safety and honor of his guests.
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