Motif
outward beauty as cause of destruction
outward_beauty_as_cause_of_destruction
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
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The Mesnevi OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 5750-5874 confidence: high
“The doctor, now, a potion mixed for him. / His health declines”; the passage says love built on “outer skin-deep charms” is not true love and describes the goldsmith's tears.
The goldsmith's fading beauty leads to loss of the maid's attachment, and the passage gives animals killed for prized outward qualities as examples.
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