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Literary notes about savior (AI summary)

The term “savior” in literature functions as a powerful symbol that bridges the spiritual and the secular, representing figures endowed with redemptive and transformative qualities. In many religious narratives, it designates a divinely ordained deliverer—one whose miraculous birth and life are celebrated by multitudes, as in the account of the young Judean figure [1] or the Persian tale where a specific number of magi honor his arrival [2]. Conversely, the word is appropriated in more human contexts, such as in the suspenseful moments of personal rescue [3] or even as a metaphor for ideological and national redemption [4]. Moreover, its usage often carries a dual significance: highlighting both a literal, divine mediator—as seen in the designation “the Savior and Redeemer” [5], [6]—and an emblem of hope and renewal within the mortal realm.
  1. Luke (ii. 13) speaks of "a multitude of the heavenly host praising God," in gratulation of the birth of the Judean Savior.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  2. The Persian story is more specific, as it gives the number of Magi who visited the young Savior of that country as five.
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  3. I clambered out upon the sill, but I hesitated to jump until I should have heard what passed between my savior and the ruffian who pursued me.
    — from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  4. Thus the emancipator of the slave, the friend of the whole people and the savior of our country died, a martyr to the cause of freedom.
    — from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America
  5. "I, Jehovah, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer."
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
  6. With what consistency, then, can Christ be called " the Savior ," if there is but one Savior , and that is the Father?
    — from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

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