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Rain in South Arabian Poetry: from Rain Prayer to Poetic Metaphor. / Rodionov, M. ; Suvorov, M. .
In: Manuscripta Orientalia, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2019, p. 19-27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Rain in South Arabian Poetry: from Rain Prayer to Poetic Metaphor
AU - Rodionov, M.
AU - Suvorov, M.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The field experience of the authors shows that the concept of rain as God's mercy (al‑rahma) has become an essential facet of South Arabian oral tradition. The plea for rain can be found in almost every genres of local poetry created in vernacular. Up to present day this verse retains concrete links with ritual practice and plays an important role in social organization of agricultural communities. Rainy clouds and floods, bestowing clemency and transfiguration to barren soil as well as devastation and damage to weak constructions, have become one of the most prolific metaphors in South Arabia.
AB - The field experience of the authors shows that the concept of rain as God's mercy (al‑rahma) has become an essential facet of South Arabian oral tradition. The plea for rain can be found in almost every genres of local poetry created in vernacular. Up to present day this verse retains concrete links with ritual practice and plays an important role in social organization of agricultural communities. Rainy clouds and floods, bestowing clemency and transfiguration to barren soil as well as devastation and damage to weak constructions, have become one of the most prolific metaphors in South Arabia.
KW - SOUTH ARABIA
KW - FOLK POETRY
KW - RAIN PRAYER
KW - POETIC METAPHOR
UR - http://manuscripta-orientalia.kunstkamera.ru/archive/2019_02_25/03
UR - https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=42393287
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 19
EP - 27
JO - Manuscripta Orientalia
JF - Manuscripta Orientalia
SN - 1238-5018
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 52470000