Persia And Its People
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Jinns and afrits are less dreaded than ghouls and demons, but no one will kill dogs or cats in case these animals are the dwelling-places of spirits that will wreak vengeance on those who have deprived them of their lodging. The public baths are said to be haunted by jinns, and on account of this no man likes to be alone in any of the numerous apartments, and no one dares to throw hot water at any distance from a house, but will pour it slowly and carefully near at hand or in the garden, murmur...ing Bismillah ! as he does so. If the water be flung away carelessly it may fall on a jinn, which will, not unnaturally, be enraged and seek to exact retribution ; and for the same cause it is most dangerous to fling stones. If a Persian happens to be seized with an epileptic fit his ill- ness is laid at the door of these spirits, who, so the onlookers affirm, are beating the sufferer, probably on 332 PERSIA AND ITS PEOPLE account of some bit of carelessness such as we have mentioned.
All over Persia on the desert plains the wind blows the dust up into columns, which spin round and round with great swiftness, and these the Persians call jhins or shaitans (devils), believing that if a mulla writes his good deeds on a piece of paper and can throw it into one of these whirls it will be transmuted into gold.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Jinns and afrits are less dreaded than ghouls and demons, but no one will kill dogs or cats in case these animals are the dwelling-places of spirits that will wreak vengeance on those who have deprived them of their lodging. The public baths are said to be haunted by jinns, and on account of this no man likes to be alone in any of the numerous apartments, and no one dares to throw hot water at any distance from a house, but will pour it slowly and carefully near at hand or in the garden, murmur...ing Bismillah ! as he does so. If the water be flung away carelessly it may fall on a jinn, which will, not unnaturally, be enraged and seek to exact retribution ; and for the same cause it is most dangerous to fling stones. If a Persian happens to be seized with an epileptic fit his ill- ness is laid at the door of these spirits, who, so the onlookers affirm, are beating the sufferer, probably on 332 PERSIA AND ITS PEOPLE account of some bit of carelessness such as we have mentioned.
All over Persia on the desert plains the wind blows the dust up into columns, which spin round and round with great swiftness, and these the Persians call jhins or shaitans (devils), believing that if a mulla writes his good deeds on a piece of paper and can throw it into one of these whirls it will be transmuted into gold.
What to read after Persia And Its People?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Ella Constance Sykes to read onlineMoreLess
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