A Lightning Trigger or a Stumbling Block: Mother Images and Roles in Classical Sufism
Abstract Although the relationship of mothers with their children is barely detailed in Sufi sources, those who were mystic in their own right as well as those who were merely mothers of renowned Sufis, often acted beyond the harmonious “iconic” images of mothering and motherhood. Mothers were not a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2011
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Oriens
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 199-226 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mother’s right
B vaginal bond B lower soul B Filial Piety B maternal uncles |
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