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Passages similar to: The Conference of the Birds — Invocation
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The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (10)
He caused a mosquito to sting Nimrod his enemy who thereby suffered for four hundred years.
The Masnavi
The Faqir and the Hidden Treasure (31-40)
And between these two mighty armies Thus, too, in the second generation lived pure Abel; In like manner these two standards of right and wrong Nimrod ...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter III (32)
And God cursed the serpent, and was wroth with it for ever. . . .
Popol Vuh
Part II, Chapter 8 (3)
And immediately it flew on to the dark road and went directly toward the wooden men which were seated first and covered with ornaments. It stung the f...
Bundahishn
Chapter III (15)
And noxious creatures. were diffused by him over the earth, biting and venomous, such as the snake, scorpion, frog (kalvâk), and lizard (vazak),—so th...
Popol Vuh
Part IV, Chapter 2 (17)
Then he undressed before all, and put on the third painted cape. And now he had on himself, the bumblebees and wasps which were on it. Instantly the...
Bundahishn
Chapter XXXI (5)
Spîtûr was he who, with Dahâk, cut up Yim; 3; Narsih lived then also, whom they call Nêsr-gyâvân; they say that such destiny (gadman) is allotted to...
The Masnavi
Moses and Pharaoh (12-22)
Slay it in sacred war and combat, When that man cherished that snake, That stubborn brute was happy in the luxury of warmth; And of necessity worked...
Bundahishn
Chapter XXIX (7)
Regarding Sâm it says, that he became immortal, but owing to his disregard of the Mazdayasnian religion, a Tûrk whom they call Nihâg wounded him with...
The Masnavi
Moses and Pharaoh (Summary)
Then follows a long account of the birth of Moses, of Pharaoh's devices to kill him in his infancy, of his education in Pharaoh's house, of his...
Bundahishn
Chapter III (3)
Severally they twice recounted their own evil deeds, and it pleased him not; and that wicked evil spirit, through fear of the righteous man, was not...
Bundahishn
Chapter VII (13)
And ten nights and days rain was produced by him in that manner, and the poison and venom of the noxious creatures which were in the earth were, all m...
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet VI (4)
You loved Ishullanu, your father's date gardener, who continually brought you baskets of dates, and brightened your table daily. You raised your eyes ...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XXIV (5)
Nor 'O' so quickly e'er, nor 'I' was written, As he took fire, and burned; and ashes wholly Behoved it that in falling he became. And when he on the g...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XLVIII (5)
And the Lord executed a great vengeance on them for Israel's sake, and smote them through (the plagues of) blood and frogs, lice and dog-flies, and ma...
The Masnavi
The Man who made a Pet of a Bear. 1 (Summary)
A kind man, seeing a serpent overcoming a bear, went to the bear's assistance, and delivered him from the serpent. The bear was so sensible of the...
Popol Vuh
Part II, Chapter 8 (4)
After that it stung the third; the third of those seated was Hun-Camé. "Ah!" he exclaimed when it stung him. "What is this, Hun-Camé? What is it that...
Popol Vuh
Part II, Chapter 8 (7)
Not a single one of the names was missed. All told their names when Hunahpú puffed out a hair of his leg, which was what had stung them. It was...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XLVIII (11)
And the Lord smote them with malignant ulcers, arid they were not able to stand, for we destroyed them so that they could not perform a single sign.
Book of Enoch
Chapter XVIII (16)
And He was wroth with them, and bound them till the time when their guilt should be consummated (even) ⌈for ten thousand years⌉.'