Motif
unconsumed or non-burning flame imagery
unconsumed_or_non_burning_flame_imagery
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Mystical, Poetic, and Personified Fire. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 58887-59007 confidence: medium
A note on the line about a blaze from a million herbs says the mention of lambent flames emitted by herbs at night may be compared with Lucan's Druidical forest near Marseilles and with Seneca's Argive forest shining with flame and burning without fire.
The note links luminous herbs with descriptions of forests or a bush shining or flaming without ordinary consuming fire.
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