Motif
Monstrous birds preying on children before communal destruction
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Rejected Warner and Communal Destruction. 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) IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXV. / ENTITLED, AL FORKAN; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 26961-27057 confidence: medium
One al Rass tradition says monstrous Ank birds lodged in a mountain above the people and snatched their children; the people killed their prophet after he called down judgment and were destroyed.
A note says monstrous Ank birds lodged in a mountain and snatched children, after which the people killed their prophet and were destroyed.
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