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- Title
The Religious Connotation of the Islamic Dragon.
- Authors
al-Rawi, Ahmed K.
- Abstract
This paper traces the Islamic dragon or 'Tinnîn' (terms used interchangeably) to its Sumerian and Babylonian roots and follows its cultural and religious transformation. Based on evidence from philology and Hebrew and Islamic texts, this study argues that Islam has borrowed the mythical notion of the dragon from the Sumerians and Babylonians who introduced it to Judaism, and which has later become integrated into Arabic culture as an intrinsic Islamic belief.
- Subjects
DRAGONS in literature; ISLAMIC literature; SUMERIAN literature; ASSYRO-Babylonian literature; MYTHICAL animals; JEWISH tales; GOOD &; evil in religion; ISLAM; FICTION
- Publication
Fabula, 2012, Vol 53, Issue 1/2, p82
- ISSN
0014-6242
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/fabula-2012-0005