Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

sacred garment as lineage sign

sacred_garment_as_lineage_sign

A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Recognition Tokens and Identity Signs. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Mesnevi THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 3284-3402 confidence: high

    A young descendant of the Prophet comes to Qonya, becomes Sultan Veled’s disciple, and wears a distinctive turban with a sheker-āvīz like the Mevlevī dervishes.

    The sheker-āvīz turban form seen in the heavenly portrait is adopted by Muhammad and preserved by the young man’s family.

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