Motif
soul bird demanding blood vengeance
soul_bird_demanding_blood_vengeance
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. 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) A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS / THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I.; lines 1726-1776 confidence: high
Another account says the Hmah is animated by the soul of an unjustly slain person and cries, "give me to drink," meaning the murderer's blood, until revenged.
The Hmah bird is said to be animated by the soul of the unjustly slain and to cry for the murderer's blood until revenge is achieved.
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