Comparative mythology corpus

False Love Of One's Own Devotional Display

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Sufi The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí THE LOVE OF THE SOUL AND THE LOVE OF THE BODY / DESTROY NOT EARTHLY BEAUTY: IT BEAUTIFIES THE SOUL / THE DEVIL MAKES USE OF THE BEAUTY OF WOMEN / SELF-AGGRANDISEMENT AND VAINGLORY NO PART OF LOVE; lines 1798-1829 high A lover is admitted to his mistress but, instead of embracing her, pulls out a paper of sonnets and reads descriptions of her charms and his love. record