Legends of Old Testament characters, from the Talmud and other sources

by S. Baring-Gould

[671]. According to another account, “that she had ass’s legs” (Weil, p. 267). Tabari says, “hairy legs” (i. p. 441).

[672]. Weil, pp. 246-267; Tabari, i. cc. 94, 95.

[673]. Weil, pp. 267-9.

[674]. Tabari, i. c. xcvi. p. 448.

[675]. Weil, pp. 269-271; Tabari, pp. 450, 451.

[676]. Koran, Sura xxxviii.

[677]. Tabari, pp. 460, 461.

[678]. In the Jewish legend, Asmodeus. In “Curiosities of Olden Times” I have pointed out the connection between the story of the disgrace of Solomon and that of Nebuchadnezzar, Jovinian, Robert of Sicily, &c.

[679]. Deut. xvii. 16, 17.

[680]. Emek Nammelek, fol. 14; Gittin, fol. 68, col. 2; Eisenmenger, i. pp. 358-60. The Anglo-Saxon story of Havelock the Dane bears a strong resemblance to this part of the story of Solomon.