Motif
Sacred tree worship and destruction
sacred_tree_worship_and_destruction
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family, within the sub-family Trees in Mythic Action, Vows, and Memory. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1620-1670 confidence: high
Al Uzza is described as an idol or as a worshipped acacia/thorn tree with a sound-making chapel; Khaled Ebn Walid destroys the chapel, cuts down and burns the tree or image, and kills the supplicating priestess.
Al Uzza is described as a worshipped acacia or thorn tree housed in a chapel, then cut down and burned.
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