Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Wine as consolation and challenge to piety

wine_as_consolation_and_challenge_to_piety

A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Wine, Consolation, and Mortality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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1 traditions


sufi

  • The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 10606-10803 confidence: high

    At dawn the speaker hears the Muezzin and is before the vintner's hall, saying this is no time for piety or devotional airs.

    The speaker chooses the vintner's hall at dawn, asks for wine, and says the Saki brings wine when his mood is sad.

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