Motif
maker creates and destroys a beautiful vessel
maker_creates_and_destroys_a_beautiful_vessel
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Destruction, Death, and the Loss of Beauty. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXVII. / LXXX. / LXXXI. / LXXXIV.; lines 4015-4029 confidence: high
The note says the sentiment is traceable in C. 293, where a cup praised by wisdom is made by the Potter of the World and then shattered upon the ground.
The cited parallel says the Potter of the World makes a beautiful cup and then shatters it on the ground.
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