Motif
Restoration of youth and beauty before union
restoration_of_youth_and_beauty_before_union
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. 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 Persian Mystics: Jámí CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION; lines 578-687 confidence: high
Yúsuf asks about the bedeswoman, interviews Zulaikha, hears her wishes for beauty, youth, and his love, grants the first two, witnesses her transformation, prays to Heaven, and accepts Gabriel's word before marrying her.
Zulaikha asks for beauty and youth, and the decrepit old woman is transformed into a beautiful eighteen-year-old before the marriage sequence.
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