Motif
idol made through sacred trace and then destroyed
idol_made_through_sacred_trace_and_then_destroyed
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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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6133-6277 confidence: high
Samiri says: 'I saw what they saw not,' took 'a handful of dust from the track of the messenger of God,' and flung it into the calf.
Samiri's calf is associated with dust from the messenger's track, then the calf is burned, reduced to ashes, and cast into the sea.
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