Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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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1 traditions


sufi

  • 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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