The Donkey King: Asinine Symbology in Ancient and Medieval Magic

by Emily Selove

Book Overview

The 13th-century Arabic grimoire, al-Sakkākī's Kitāb al-Shāmil (Book of the Complete), provides numerous methods of contacting jinn. The first such jinn described, Abū Isrā'īl Būzayn ibn Sulaymān, arrives with a donkey. In the course of offering an explanation for his ritual, this Element reveals the double-sided nature of asinine symbology, and explains why this animal has served as the companion of both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009074938
• ISBN13: 9781009074933
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"