| Title: | Arot and Marot |
| Original Title: | Arot and Marot |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 1 (1751), p. 701 |
| Author: | Edme-François Mallet (biography) |
| Translator: | Katherine Mobayed [Drew University] |
| Subject terms: |
Theology
History
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| Citation (MLA): | Mallet, Edme-François. "Arot and Marot." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Katherine Mobayed. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2006. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.453>. Trans. of "Arot and Marot," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1. Paris, 1751. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Mallet, Edme-François. "Arot and Marot." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Katherine Mobayed. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.453 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Arot and Marot," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1:701 (Paris, 1751). |
Arot and Marot are the names of two angels that the false prophet, Mahomet, said were sent by God to teach men and to get them to abstain from murder, false judgments, and all excess. This false prophet claims that a very beautiful woman had invited these two angels to eat at her house, and that she had them drink wine which excited their senses and made them solicit her love. She pretended to consent to their passion on the condition that they would teach her the words one says to be able to go to heaven easily. After having found out what she needed, she did not keep her promise and was lifted to heaven. Having told God what just happened, she was changed into a morning star called Lucifer or aurora , and the two angels were severely punished. According to Mahomet, that is why God took this opportunity to forbid men the use of wine.