Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Righteous figure saved from lethal fire

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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 9358-9506 confidence: high

    The people say to burn Abraham; God says, “O fire! be thou cold, and to Abraham a safety!” and their plot fails.

    Abraham is to be burned, but God commands the fire to become cold and safe for him.

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