Motif
Liberation from enchantment through revealed recitation
liberation_from_enchantment_through_revealed_recitation
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Magic Through Speech and Name. 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) ENTITLED, THE DAYBREAK; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER CXIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 39468-39512 confidence: high
The commentators relate that Lobeid, with his daughters, bewitched Mohammed by eleven knots on a cord hidden in a well; Gabriel revealed the remedy and location; Ali fetched the cord; recitation of the two chapters loosened each knot until Mohammed was freed.
In the commentary tradition, Gabriel reveals how the chapters should be used; recitation over the cord loosens the knots one by one until Mohammed is freed.
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