Motif
Nurse’s exclusive attachment to royal child
nurse_s_exclusive_attachment_to_royal_child
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Nursing, Fosterage, and Kin Protection. 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 Persian Mystics: Jámí CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION; lines 259-357 confidence: medium
The king’s wish for a son is fulfilled by magic; the father names him Salámán and chooses Absál as nurse.
Absál is chosen as nurse and, after seeing Salámán, closes her eyes to all the world beside him.
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