Motif
small light overcomes encompassing darkness
small_light_overcomes_encompassing_darkness
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Divine Light and Sacred Radiance. 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 CHAPTER IV. / CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI. / CHAPTER VII.; lines 4819-4951 confidence: high
Sultan Veled replies that a lighted taper in a dark large room "instantly devours all the darkness, and yet remains a little taper."
Sultan Veled explains an impossible-seeming miracle through the image of a small taper consuming the darkness of a large room while remaining small.
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