Motif
posthumous intoxication from buried remains
posthumous_intoxication_from_buried_remains
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Alchemical, Saintly, and Posthumous Substance Transformations. 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 Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXXXVII. / LXXXVIII. / LXXXIX. / XCII.; lines 4175-4189 confidence: high
"my buried Ashes" fling up a "snare / Of Vintage" so that a "True-believer passing by" is "overtaken unaware."
The passage centers on the speaker's dead and buried body or ashes continuing to emit wine aroma that intoxicates or overtakes the living.
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