Folk-lore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish, by J. E. Hanauer [1907]
| SECTION I | | |
| CONCERNING THE CREATION AND DIVERS SAINTS AND MIRACLES | | |
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| I. | A LEARNED MOSLEM'S IDEAS ON COSMOGONY | 3 |
| | 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 "Kâf" 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. | |
| II. | OUR FATHER ADAM | 9 |
| | Adam formed out of various kinds of dust.--Disobedience of Iblìs.--Adam's first troubles.--"El Karìneh," Lilith, or "El Brûsha."--Creation of Eve.--Iblìs 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. | |
| III. | NOAH AND OG | 13 |
| | Idrìs.--Birth and dwelling-place of Noah.--The "Nâkils."--Opposition.--The Deluge.--Iblìs gets into the Ark.--A donkey in Paradise.--Og.--Voyage of the Ark.--Noah's daughter and her supposed sisters.--Noah buried at Kerak. | |
| IV. | JOB AND HIS FAMILY | 17 |
| | Job.--His wife's patience.--El Hakìm Lokman identified with Æsop.--Account of a surgical operation. | |
| V. | ABRAHAM, "THE FRIEND OF GOD" | 22 |
| | Circumstances of his birth.--Impiety of Nimrûd.--The child's precocity. His longing for spiritual knowledge.--Destruction of Idols.--The furnace.--The flying-machine.--Death of Nimrûd.--Flight of Ibrahìm.--His buildings.--The sheep-skin jacket.--Ibrahìm's hospitality.--A false friend.--A churl.--Several customs attributed to Ibrahìm.--His death.--He is still alive.--His posthumous protection of the Jews at Hebron. | |
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| VI. | LOT AND THE TREE OF THE CROSS | 36 |
| VII. | THE LAST HOURS OF AARON AND MOSES | 39 |
| | Aaron's shrine on Mount Hor.--Legend concerning his death.--Different accounts of the death of Moses.--Legend of Moses' shepherd. | |
| VIII. | DAVID AND SOLOMON | 44 |
| | David's piety.--Learns a trade.--His presumption and fall.--His remorse.--Solomon and the two birds.--The carob-tree.--Solomon's death. | |
| IX. | EL KHUDR | 51 |
| | The fountain of youth.--Dhu’lkarnein 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. | |
| X. | SIMON THE JUST | 62 |
| | His so-called tomb.--Biographical sketch.--Simon the Just and Ptolemy Philopator.--Simon and the Nazarite.--Rabbi Galanti and the great drought. | |
| | NOTES | 68 |
| SECTION II | | |
| CONTAINING LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES POSSIBLY FOUNDED ON FACT | | |
| I. | "BAB EL KHALÌL" OR THE JAFFA GATE | 79 |
| | Origin of Name.--Antichrist.--Two cenotaphs.--Jeremiah and Nebuchadnezzar.--El ’Ozair.--An ass in Paradise.--El Edhemìeh.--Rabbi Judah ha Levi.--Mezuzah at Jaffa Gate. | |
| II. | "TURBET BIRKET MAMILLA"--JOHHA | 83 |
| | Kubbet el ’Abd.--Legends.--Johha and his mother.--Johha and the donkeys.--Johha's peg.--The baby saucepan and the defunct cauldron.--Johha's neighbours. | |
| III. | "EN NEBI DÂUD" | 89 |
| | En Nebi Daûd and Ibn Faraj.--The dagger.--The Jewish washerwoman. | |
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| IV. | "BÂB EL ASBÂT | 94 |
| | Traditional names.--The lions.--Sultan Selìm's dream.--The Legend of the Bath-house of Belkis. | |
| V. | DETECTIVE STORIES | 99 |
| | Kolonimos.--Incident at house of a rabbi.--Two anecdotes of Ibrahìm Pasha. | |
| VI. | SCRAPS OF UNWRITTEN HISTORY | 105 |
| | Traces of the Essenes.--Female Recluses.--A Legend of El Hâkim bi amr Illah.--The Avengers of Blood.--Massacre of Kurds at Hebron.--Faction-fights.--Massacre at Artass.--A petty despot. | |
| VII. | JUDGEMENTS OF KARAKASH | 120 |
| | The weaver.--The red gown.--The miser. | |
| VIII. | THE SARAGOSSAN PURIM | 124 |
| IX. | SULTAN MAHMÛD'S AUTOGRAPH | 126 |
| X. | A WISE ANSWER | 127 |
| | NOTES | 129 |
| SECTION III | | |
| STORIES AND ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING SOCIAL IDEAS, SUPERSTITIONS, ETC. | | |
| I. | FOLKS GENTLE AND SIMPLE | 141 |
| | Ahmad Almuttafakhir.--The two Wazìrs.--The Emperor of China's pig. | |
| II. | THE SECRET OF SUCCESS | 147 |
| III. | THREE PROVERBS | 153 |
| | Keep your legs stretched according to the length of your coverlet.--Moving a tent peg.--"Shûrûlûb." | |
| IV. | MORAL TALES. | 161 |
| | Honourable old age.--Trust in Allah.--Benevolence.--Disinterestedness.--An upright judge.--The surety. | |
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| V. | AZRAEL | 176 |
| | His appointment.--His son.--Francesco. | |
| VI. | THE UNDERGROUND FOLK--OUR BETTERS--THE NAME OF ALLAH BE ROUND ABOUT US! | 188 |
| | 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. | |
| VII. | NURSERY TALES | 214 |
| | Ijbeyneh.--Uhdeydûn.--Bluebeard.--Snowmaiden. | |
| VIII. | SATIRE | 234 |
| | Invention of a shrine.--The patriarch.--A learned clergyman.--An almanac.--The fasting monk.--The endangered poultry.--The ill-used camels. | |
| IX. | ABOUT WOMAN. | 246 |
| | 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. | |
| X. | ABOUT ANIMALS | 261 |
| | The dog.--The cat.--The hyæna.--The fox.--The dib-dib.--The serpent. | |
| XI. | ABOUT PLANTS | 286 |
| | The olive.--The storax.--The sage.--The lotus and the tamarisk.--The tortoise herb. | |
| XII. | ABOUT COFFEE | 290 |
| | Its discovery--First uses.--Subject of religious controversy.--Customs among the desert Arabs.--Esh-Sheykh esh Shadhilly.--The Bedawi and the Memlûk. | |
| XIII. | SOME MAGIC CURES | 297 |
| | Mûmmia.--Indûlko.--Freskûra.--Charms.--Translation of a typical Kanii. | |
| XIV. | A POPULAR CALENDAR AND SOME SAYINGS | 303 |
| | NOTES | 311 |