Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

precious intoxicating goods beyond ordinary exchange

precious_intoxicating_goods_beyond_ordinary_exchange

A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Drinking, Social Disorder, and Religious Dispute. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam LXVII. / LXVIII. / LXIX. / LXXI.; lines 1529-1550 confidence: low

    The speaker says Wine played the infidel and robbed him of his robe of honor, then wonders what vintners buy that is half as precious as the goods they sell.

    The speaker asks what vintners could buy that is half as precious as what they sell.

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