Motif
Shunned contaminating touch
shunned_contaminating_touch
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24737-24829 confidence: medium
Touching al Smeri or those he touched is said to cause burning fever; he avoids communication, is shunned, wanders in the desert, and a supposed Samaritan Jewish tribe uses the phrase 'Touch me not.'
The note says touching al Smeri or those he touched caused burning fever, resulting in social avoidance and wandering in the desert.
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