ʿAnāq bt. Adam, the Islamic Story of the Very First Witch: Gender and the Origins of Evil Magic
Some Islamic traditions mention an enigmatic daughter of Adam named ʿAnāq. Little is known about her; for example, the corresponding entry in the Encyclopaedia of Islam simply states that ʿAnāq is the "name given by the Arabs to the daughter of Adam, the twin sister of Seth, wife of Cain and mo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Hawwa
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 135-167 |
| Further subjects: | B
Witchcraft
B Anāhīd B Lilith B Femininity B Enki B Magic B ʿAnāq bt. Adam B Sorcellerie B Venus B Féminité B Og B Sorcery B ʿUj |
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| Summary: | Some Islamic traditions mention an enigmatic daughter of Adam named ʿAnāq. Little is known about her; for example, the corresponding entry in the Encyclopaedia of Islam simply states that ʿAnāq is the "name given by the Arabs to the daughter of Adam, the twin sister of Seth, wife of Cain and mother of ʿUd_j_." ʿAnāq is always mentioned in relation to her son, the giant ʿUj, who was supposed to be the only creature outside the Ark to have survived the Flood in the time of Noah, and who was assumed to have been killed by Moses. We gather here the information and traditions about the Islamic ʿAnāq in order to draw a more coherent and historically contextualized portrait of this legendary first witch. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-2086 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hawwa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15692086-12341355 |