Motif
Primordial nameless source as mother/root of cosmos
primordial_nameless_source_as_mother_root_of_cosmos
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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taoist
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道德經 道德經; lines 64-460 confidence: high
「無，名天地之始﹔有，名萬物之母。」
Dao or the unnamed is presented as prior to heaven and earth, as mother of the ten thousand things, and as the mother of heaven and earth; the mysterious female’s gate is also called the root of heaven and earth.
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