Motif
obedience of inanimate objects to a saint
obedience_of_inanimate_objects_to_a_saint
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Mystics of Islam CHAPTER IV / DIVINE LOVE / CHAPTER V / SAINTS AND MIRACLES; lines 3474-3567 confidence: high
Dhu ’l-Nūn commands a sofa to move; it circles the room and returns. A young spectator cries, dies, and is laid on the sofa for burial washing.
The passage explicitly introduces the moving sofa and returning hatchet as alleged instances of the obedience of inanimate objects.
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