{"collection":"asia","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/asia/flhl/flhl01.htm","path":"asia/flhl/flhl01.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/asia/flhl/flhl01.htm","text":"Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish, by J. E. Hanauer [1907]\n| SECTION I | | | \n| CONCERNING THE CREATION AND DIVERS SAINTS AND MIRACLES | | | \n| | | PAGE | \n| I. | A LEARNED MOSLEM'S IDEAS ON COSMOGONY | 3 | \n| | The Tablet of Destiny, and the great fountain-pen.--The creation of water, of Allah's throne, of the atmosphere, of the great serpent, of the solid earth and the mountains, the \"K\u00e2f\" range, and the seven seas and continents.--How the universe is upheld.--The cause of earthquakes and of eclipses.--How all these things became known. | | \n| II. | OUR FATHER ADAM | 9 | \n| | Adam formed out of various kinds of dust.--Disobedience of Ibl\u00ecs.--Adam's first troubles.--\"El Kar\u00ecneh,\" Lilith, or \"El Br\u00fbsha.\"--Creation of Eve.--Ibl\u00ecs bribes the serpent, and thus gets back into Paradise.--Adam's forethought--The fall of Man, and the ejection from Eden.--Increase and origin of various evil spirits.--Repentance of Adam and his reunion with Eve.--He is shown his posterity.--His great stature.--His death.--Place of Adam's burial. | | \n| III. | NOAH AND OG | 13 | \n| | Idr\u00ecs.--Birth and dwelling-place of Noah.--The \"N\u00e2kils.\"--Opposition.--The Deluge.--Ibl\u00ecs gets into the Ark.--A donkey in Paradise.--Og.--Voyage of the Ark.--Noah's daughter and her supposed sisters.--Noah buried at Kerak. | | \n| IV. | JOB AND HIS FAMILY | 17 | \n| | Job.--His wife's patience.--El Hak\u00ecm Lokman identified with \u00c6sop.--Account of a surgical operation. | | \n| V. | ABRAHAM, \"THE FRIEND OF GOD\" | 22 | \n| | Circumstances of his birth.--Impiety of Nimr\u00fbd.--The child's precocity. His longing for spiritual knowledge.--Destruction of Idols.--The furnace.--The flying-machine.--Death of Nimr\u00fbd.--Flight of Ibrah\u00ecm.--His buildings.--The sheep-skin jacket.--Ibrah\u00ecm's hospitality.--A false friend.--A churl.--Several customs attributed to Ibrah\u00ecm.--His death.--He is still alive.--His posthumous protection of the Jews at Hebron. | | \n| | p. viii | | \n| | | PAGE | \n| VI. | LOT AND THE TREE OF THE CROSS | 36 | \n| VII. | THE LAST HOURS OF AARON AND MOSES | 39 | \n| | Aaron's shrine on Mount Hor.--Legend concerning his death.--Different accounts of the death of Moses.--Legend of Moses' shepherd. | | \n| VIII. | DAVID AND SOLOMON | 44 | \n| | David's piety.--Learns a trade.--His presumption and fall.--His remorse.--Solomon and the two birds.--The carob-tree.--Solomon's death. | | \n| IX. | EL KHUDR | 51 | \n| | The fountain of youth.--Dhu\u2019lkarnein and his companions.--El Khudr popularly identified with various saints.--His haunts and habits.--The insane asylum near the \"Pools of Solomon.\"--The holy stone.--Other shrines.--Elijah's cave on Carmel.--An English doctor's story.--St George and the Dragon.--Elijah's Synagogue at Jerusalem.--El Khudr and Moses. | | \n| X. | SIMON THE JUST | 62 | \n| | His so-called tomb.--Biographical sketch.--Simon the Just and Ptolemy Philopator.--Simon and the Nazarite.--Rabbi Galanti and the great drought. | | \n| | NOTES | 68 | \n| SECTION II | | | \n| CONTAINING LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES POSSIBLY FOUNDED ON FACT | | | \n| I. | \"BAB EL KHAL\u00ccL\" OR THE JAFFA GATE | 79 | \n| | Origin of Name.--Antichrist.--Two cenotaphs.--Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar.--El \u2019Ozair.--An ass in Paradise.--El Edhem\u00eceh.--Rabbi Judah ha Levi.--Mezuzah at Jaffa Gate. | | \n| II. | \"TURBET BIRKET MAMILLA\"--JOHHA | 83 | \n| | Kubbet el \u2019Abd.--Legends.--Johha and his mother.--Johha and the donkeys.--Johha's peg.--The baby saucepan and the defunct cauldron.--Johha's neighbours. | | \n| III. | \"EN NEBI D\u00c2UD\" | 89 | \n| | En Nebi Da\u00fbd and Ibn Faraj.--The dagger.--The Jewish washerwoman. | | \n| | p. ix | | \n| | | PAGE | \n| IV. | \"B\u00c2B EL ASB\u00c2T | 94 | \n| | Traditional names.--The lions.--Sultan Sel\u00ecm's dream.--The Legend of the Bath-house of Belkis. | | \n| V. | DETECTIVE STORIES | 99 | \n| | Kolonimos.--Incident at house of a rabbi.--Two anecdotes of Ibrah\u00ecm Pasha. | | \n| VI. | SCRAPS OF UNWRITTEN HISTORY | 105 | \n| | Traces of the Essenes.--Female Recluses.--A Legend of El H\u00e2kim bi amr Illah.--The Avengers of Blood.--Massacre of Kurds at Hebron.--Faction-fights.--Massacre at Artass.--A petty despot. | | \n| VII. | JUDGEMENTS OF KARAKASH | 120 | \n| | The weaver.--The red gown.--The miser. | | \n| VIII. | THE SARAGOSSAN PURIM | 124 | \n| IX. | SULTAN MAHM\u00dbD'S AUTOGRAPH | 126 | \n| X. | A WISE ANSWER | 127 | \n| | NOTES | 129 | \n| SECTION III | | | \n| STORIES AND ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING SOCIAL IDEAS, SUPERSTITIONS, ETC. | | | \n| I. | FOLKS GENTLE AND SIMPLE | 141 | \n| | Ahmad Almuttafakhir.--The two Waz\u00ecrs.--The Emperor of China's pig. | | \n| II. | THE SECRET OF SUCCESS | 147 | \n| III. | THREE PROVERBS | 153 | \n| | Keep your legs stretched according to the length of your coverlet.--Moving a tent peg.--\"Sh\u00fbr\u00fbl\u00fbb.\" | | \n| IV. | MORAL TALES. | 161 | \n| | Honourable old age.--Trust in Allah.--Benevolence.--Disinterestedness.--An upright judge.--The surety. | | \n| | p. x | | \n| | | PAGE | \n| V. | AZRAEL | 176 | \n| | His appointment.--His son.--Francesco. | | \n| VI. | THE UNDERGROUND FOLK--OUR BETTERS--THE NAME OF ALLAH BE ROUND ABOUT US! | 188 | \n| | Their creation, etc.--The name of Allah.--Intercourse with human beings.--Mysterious thefts.--Khuneyfseh.--The abducted wife.--A shepherd's experience.--Experiences of a good woman.--Of a chieftain's son.--The frog.--The wedding procession. | | \n| VII. | NURSERY TALES | 214 | \n| | Ijbeyneh.--Uhdeyd\u00fbn.--Bluebeard.--Snowmaiden. | | \n| VIII. | SATIRE | 234 | \n| | Invention of a shrine.--The patriarch.--A learned clergyman.--An almanac.--The fasting monk.--The endangered poultry.--The ill-used camels. | | \n| IX. | ABOUT WOMAN. | 246 | \n| | Treatment of a mother-in-law.--A cunning old woman.--The rebellious owl.--Stories told by a rebellious hoopoe.--The mourner.--The partners.--The merchant and the animals. | | \n| X. | ABOUT ANIMALS | 261 | \n| | The dog.--The cat.--The hy\u00e6na.--The fox.--The dib-dib.--The serpent. | | \n| XI. | ABOUT PLANTS | 286 | \n| | The olive.--The storax.--The sage.--The lotus and the tamarisk.--The tortoise herb. | | \n| XII. | ABOUT COFFEE | 290 | \n| | Its discovery--First uses.--Subject of religious controversy.--Customs among the desert Arabs.--Esh-Sheykh esh Shadhilly.--The Bedawi and the Meml\u00fbk. | | \n| XIII. | SOME MAGIC CURES | 297 | \n| | M\u00fbmmia.--Ind\u00fblko.--Fresk\u00fbra.--Charms.--Translation of a typical Kanii. | | \n| XIV. | A POPULAR CALENDAR AND SOME SAYINGS | 303 | \n| | NOTES | 311 |","title":"Folk-lore of the Holy Land: Contents","type":"page"}