Wheelwrights, St. Boniface, the son of a wheelwright.
Wigmakers, St. Louis.
Wise Men, St. Cosme, St. Damian, and St. Catherine.
Woolcombers and Staplers, St. Blaise, who was torn to pieces by “combes of yren.”
Sakhar, the devil who stole Solomon’s signet. The tale is that Solomon, when he washed, entrusted his signet-ring to his favorite concubine, Amina. Sakhar one day assumed the appearance of Solomon, got possession of the ring, and sat on the throne as the king. During this usurpation, Solomon became a beggar, but in forty days Sakhar flew away, and flung the signet-ring into the sea. It was swallowed by a fish, the fish was caught and sold to Solomon, the ring was recovered, and Sakhar was thrown into the sea of Galilee with a great stone round his neck.—Jallâlo´ddin, Al Zamakh. (See Fish and the Ring.)
Sa´kia, the dispenser of rain, one of the four gods of the Adites (2 syl.).
Sakia, we invoked for rain;
We called on Razeka for food;
They did not hear our prayers—they could not hear.
No cloud appeared in heaven,
No nightly dews came down.
Southey, Thalaba, the Destroyer, i. 24 (1797).
Sakunta´la, daughter of Viswamita and a water-nymph, abandoned by her parents, and brought up by a hermit. One day, King Dushyanta came to the hermitage, and persuaded Sakuntala to marry him. In due time a son was born, but Dushyanta left his bride at the hermitage. When the boy was six years old, his mother took him to the king, and Dushyanta recognized his wife by a ring which he had given her. Sakuntala was now publicly proclaimed queen, and the boy (whose name was Bhârata) became the founder of the glorious race of the Bhâratas.
This story forms the plot of the famous drama, Sakuntala, by Kâlidasa, well known to us through the translation of Sir W. Jones.
Sakya-Muni, the founder of Buddhism. Sakya is the family name of Siddharta, and muni means “a recluse.” Buddha (“perfection”) is a title given to Siddharta.