[1] Also written Lihiniyā, “the Glider,” a name applied to some hawks and swallows, etc. The whole name is “Tusk-Elephant-Mountain Hawk,” or Eagle. I could learn nothing of the “Tusk-Elephant Mountain.” This bird is the Rukh or Roc of the Arabian Nights. [↑]
[2] Apparently she was to swear by them, touching them at the time. See No. 8, in which a Prince and Princess touched each other when swearing an oath. [↑]
[3] An amuna is 5·7 bushels in the district where this story was told. [↑]
[4] Little Mother, an expression meaning the mother’s younger sister, or the step-mother. [↑]
[5] Yabbaelli, apparently a kind of demon in the shape of a dog. [↑]