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Pages in category "Arabian mythology" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. ʿĀd;
Jinn (Arabic: جِنّ ), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture and beliefs. [1] Like humans, they are accountable for their deeds and can be either believers or disbelievers (), depending on whether they accept God's guidance.
Darda'il (The Journeyers), who travel the earth searching out assemblies where people remember God's name. [13] (Angel) al-Dik, an angel in the shape of a rooster. He is responsible for the crowing of cockerels and announcing time. [14] (Angel) Dhaqwan, an ifrit who tempted Solomon into carrying the throne of Bilqis. [15] (Demon)
Illustration of a Sila seducing a man from a Persian miniature. Sila (Arabic: سعلى أو سعلا أو سعلاة alternatively spelled Si'la or called Si'lat literally: "Hag" or "treacherous spirits of invariable form" pl. Sa'aali adj: سعلوة su'luwwa) is a supernatural creature assigned to the jinn or ghouls in Arabian [1] folklore.
Pages in category "Arabian legendary creatures" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anqa;
Sharhabil Yakkuf is known as Tubba' bin Hassan in the Arabian folklore. [7] This account deviates from reality by claiming that Sharhabil is the son of Hassan Yuha'min, when in reality he was the founder of a new dynasty that may have been unrelated to the family of Abu Karib. Additionally, Tubba' bin Hassan is said to have executed a group of ...
Anbay's name was invoked in a range of legal matters, from filing paperwork for the legal title of a building to the royal regulation of water supplies. His name is related to the name of the Babylonian god Nabu. Attested: Aranyada' Attested: Arsu Arsu is a northern Arabian god worshipped in Palmyra. He personifies the evening star, while the ...
There were reported elephant bird sightings at least in folklore memory as Étienne de Flacourt wrote in 1658. [8] Its egg, live or subfossilised , was known as early as 1420, when sailors to the Cape of Good Hope found eggs of the roc, according to a caption in the 1456 Fra Mauro map of the world, which says that the roc "carries away an ...