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Once upon a time in Java, there was a poor widow named Mbok Srini who lived alone on the edge of a jungle.She felt so lonely and prayed to the gods to bless her with a child.
The stories of Sang Kancil is a series of traditional fables about a clever mouse-deer.They are popular in Indonesia and Malaysia. [1] A weak and small yet cunning figure, Sang Kancil uses his intelligence to triumph over beings more powerful than himself. [2]
In Islamic tradition, Qitmir (Arabic: قطمير) was the dog that guarded the People of the Cave and stood by them all through their long sleep. [1] [2] His name, Qitmir, in Arabic is the name of a small membrane on separating a date from its seed.
Blind men and the elephant, 1907 American illustration. Blind Men Appraising an Elephant by Ohara Donshu, Edo Period (early 19th century), Brooklyn Museum. The parable of the blind men and an elephant is a story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and imagine what the elephant is like by touching it.
"Son of man" is the translation of one Hebrew and one Aramaic phrase used in the Hebrew Bible.In Hebrew, the term is ben-adam, while in Aramaic its equivalent bar-adam is used.