Persian & Arabian

Akvan

He did the reverse of whatever he was asked, and one man worked it out in time.

5 chapters on the figure behind the card, researched in the Persian & Arabian mythology sources and reviewed before publication. See Akvan’s card →

  1. The Onager That Was Not A wild ass the colour of the sun is tearing the royal herd apart.
  2. Cut Out of the Ground He does not touch the sleeping man. He takes the earth underneath him.
  3. The Question With No Right Answer Choose, says the div: the mountain, or the sea.
  4. The Long Way Back The swim is the short part. Getting the horse back takes longer.
  5. Evil Mind, and a Very Old Joke A Zoroastrian abstraction, wearing a folktale's plot.

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