Motif
mediating subordinate deities
mediating_subordinate_deities
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. 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) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1514-1566 confidence: high
Arab idolatry as Sabians chiefly consisted in worshipping fixed stars and planets, angels and their images, honored as inferior deities and sought as mediators with God.
Inferior deities, angels, and images are said to be honored and asked to intercede as mediators with God.
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