Motif
impossible task to win the beloved
impossible_task_to_win_the_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XLIII / NOTES / XVIII / XXIII; lines 3646-3675 confidence: high
The King tells Ferhad that if he cuts through the rock and brings a stream through from the other side of the mountains, he will relinquish Shirin to him.
Khusro tells Ferhad he may have Shirin if he cuts through rock to bring a stream through the mountains, and Ferhad nearly completes the task.
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