Motif
small creature's world mistaken for a vast sea
small_creature_s_world_mistaken_for_a_vast_sea
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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 OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 7888-7997 confidence: high
A fly on a scrap of straw in a pool claims he has called forth a sea and ship, is their captain, and sees the pool as boundless according to his limited sight.
The fly treats a pool and straw as a sea and ship and speaks as their captain; the narrator says the fly's universe is measured by his sight.
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