Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

wine as present-tense spiritual or poetic focus

wine_as_present_tense_spiritual_or_poetic_focus

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


sufi

  • The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XXXV. / XXXVI. / XXXVII. / XLII.; lines 3100-3123 confidence: medium

    Quatrain XLII mentions wine drunk, a lip pressed, all things beginning and ending, and today, yesterday, and tomorrow.

    Wine appears in the quatrains as what is drunk, what makes Khayyam happy, and what should be drunk now.

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