Motif
Sacred animal as vulnerable divine or saintly vessel
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Animal and Nature Helpers. 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 Mesnevi PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE. / VIII.; lines 11123-11231 confidence: high
Sālih’s camel is hamstrung and denied water by his people; she is called God’s camel, and divine vengeance seeks the price of her shed blood.
Sālih’s camel is a sacred animal whose harmed body becomes the occasion for judgment and is explicitly compared to the fleshly form of a saint.
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