Motif
Supernatural avenger emerging from smoke
supernatural_avenger_emerging_from_smoke
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
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 447-571 confidence: medium
A thick smoke like dust approaches and vanishes; the genius appears with a sword, takes the merchant by the arm, and says he will kill him as the merchant killed his son.
The genius appears after a thick smoke approaches and vanishes, then demands the merchant's life for the death of his son.
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