LessonsImaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-SakkakiQuiz

يد الشمال
The hand of the north wind.

Giving a hand to the wind similarly attributes a bodily property to a non-bodily agent. Compared with “the claws of death,” it raises the question whether “hand” has been transferred from its ordinary sense or whether a hand-like relation has been imagined for the wind.

This shows why “abstract subject plus bodily feature” does not automatically determine a full technical classification. Context and the claimed locus of transfer must be considered.

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The disputed example of the north wind’s hand

Imaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-Sakkaki

يد الشمال
The hand of the north wind.

Giving a hand to the wind similarly attributes a bodily property to a non-bodily agent. Compared with “the claws of death,” it raises the question whether “hand” has been transferred from its ordinary sense or whether a hand-like relation has been imagined for the wind.

This shows why “abstract subject plus bodily feature” does not automatically determine a full technical classification. Context and the claimed locus of transfer must be considered.