#voyages of sindbad the sailor

[butterbeerandlemoncakes]

Books of 2022

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi-- I’m not typically a graphic novel person, but this one was pretty good. It follows the story of a young girl growing up in Iran, and how living in a country going through wars and political movements affected her childhood and her family. 

Animal Farm, George Orwell--For some reason, I never had to read this one in High School, so thought it was high time that I read it. I understand why its a book used in HS literature, it definitely makes you think--who’s way was right? Is there a right way? Not entirely pleasant to think about, especially with the way the world is today, but that’s the point.

Custer’s Fall: The Native American Side of the Story, David Humphreys Miller--This was a really interesting read. It was basically compiled from a bunch of oral histories from Native Americans who either lived through the Battle of Little Bighorn, or were closely related to someone who was, and thus could tell their story. It never really occurred to me before that, even though no White men survived the battle, we never really heard the Native American side of the story. We always see Custer portrayed as a hero, even though he was defeated at the battle. Would definitely recommend if you’re into American history.

May Day, F. Scott Fitzgerald--Didn’t care for this one as much of his other short stories. It portrayed a snippet of a series of intertwining lives, giving us a glimpse of essentially one weekend, one night, really, in the lives of these people, and how they treated each other and how this impacted each of their lives. 

Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice--one of the few examples where I actually liked the movie better than the book. Granted, this was one of the first books ever written by Anne Rice (I think), so her writing probably got better with time, and by the movie came out, many of the other books in the series had already been written, so there was much more material to draw off of. However, still a fairly enjoyable book and an easy read.

The Arabian Nights: The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor and Other Stories, edited by Andrew Lang--Although I’d already read one version of the Arabian Nights, this one contained stories--such as those of Sindbad, that I hadn’t read before. This translation didn’t flow as nicely as the other one I had read, with the stories flowing into each other, but was still a fun read.

The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson & Martin Dugard--This was an alright read. It was fun and quick to get through, but overall seemed lacking in plot. I think the title makes it seem like it will be more of a mystery/thriller than it was.

Ubu Roi, Alfred Jarry--I got this book from a friend who said it was one of her favorite plays. Its basically a spoof on a lot of the “classic”/shakespearian dramas, and does follow those basic plotlines but in a much more vulgar way. It was an entertaining, if not strange, read. Reminded me a lot of some of the  plays I would write when I was younger.

The Drawing of the Three, Stephen King--Book 2 of the Gunslinger series, I didn’t care for this one as much as the first. Again, it’s a lot of setup for the rest of the series and introduction to more important characters, but I wasn’t as drawn to it as the first book. I’ll still continue to read the rest of the series, though.

London, Edward Rutherford--This is a LONG book, it took me several months to plug through. However, it was a very enjoyable read, detailing the history of London from prehistory to now. It follows a series of families, following their ancestors through time and just seeing how everyday people lived through all these historic times. A very interesting read.

[mythicalportal]

The Devil Whale is a legendary demonic whale-like sea monster (or a sea turtle in some legends). According to myths, this whale is of enormous size and could swallow entire ships. It also resembles an island when it’s sleeping, and unsuspecting sailors put ashore on its back. When the sailors start a fire, the Devil Whale awakes and attacks the ship, dragging it to the bottom of the sea. Because of this Christianity began associating the whale with the Devil. This story is found in Sinbad the Sailor.

The incident of the whale island on Sindbad’s First Voyage, from Baghdad and Basra, may be compared with whales described by “Pliny (23 AD–79 AD) and Solinus, covering four jugera, and the pristis sea-monster of the same authorities, 200 cubits long; Al Kazwini tells a similar tale of a colossal tortoise. Such Eastern stories are probably the original of the whale-island in the Irish travel-romance of St Brandan”. Early explorer Saint Brendan the Navigator (c. AD 484 – c. 577), in his travels, reportedly landed on the back of a gigantic whale on Easter Sunday, mistaking it for an island. Soon as his monks started a fire to cook their meal, the “island” began to swim away and the sailors quickly scrambled back to their boats.

The Devil Whale name was used to describe the California gray whale by Japanese whalers. In 1908, a Japanese whaler related stories about hunting gray whales, which he referred to as “Kukekua Kugira” (Devil Whale) due to the difficulty and danger in hunting it.

[docrotten]

SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER (1977) – Episode 186 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“The only good thing about this port is the inn of Abu Jamil the Squint, who, for six months, I have been dreaming of his roasted sheep’s eyes.” Ah, yes. Who wouldn’t sail the seven seas for roasted sheep’s eyes? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in the third of Ray Harryhausen’s three Sinbad films, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger(1977).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 186 – Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

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Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch.

  Director: Sam Wanamaker

Writers: Beverley Cross (screenplay & story); Ray Harryhausen (story) 

Selected cast:

Patrick Wayne as Sinbad

Taryn Power as Dione

Margaret Whiting as Zenobia

Jane Seymour as Farah

Patrick Troughton as Melanthius

Kurt Christian as Rafi

Nadim Sawalha as Hassan

Damien Thomas as Kassim

Bruno Barnabe as Balsora

Bernard Kay as Zabid

Salami Coker as Maroof

David Sterne as Aboo-Seer

Peter Mayhew as Minoton

Are you ready for more Ray Harryhausen? More Sindbad? Maybe you prefer Patrick Wayne or Jane Seymour? Regardless, the Grue-Crew set sail for Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) on the latest episode of Decades of Horror 1970s. The stop-motion creatures for the third Harryhausen Sinbad film include the Troglodyte, the Minoton (a magical large bronze minotaur brought to life by an evil witch), a large baboon, a large wasp, a giant walrus, a trio of “ghouls,” and a sabretooth tiger. The film is full of crappy dialog, rough editing, lackluster direction, and wooden acting… all saved by Harryhausen’s wonderful effects work. Let’s dive in!

You might find these other Decades of Horror episodes on Ray Harryhausen films interesting:

THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) – Episode 69 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

THE VALLEY OF GWANGI (1969) – Episode 116 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958) – Episode 144 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973) – Episode 173 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) – Episode 210 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

At the time of this writing, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is available to stream from Crackle, Cultpix, Fubo TV, and various PPV sources. It is also available on Blu-ray as a stand-alone from Indicator or as part of Ray Harryhausen – The Ultimate 7 Film Collection from Via Vision.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Chad, will be John Carpenter’s Dark Star (1974). That should be a fun one!

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. 

Check out this episode!

[popeyeotaku]

supernatural ➡️ i dunno spn but reading on Wikipedia they was inspired to givem a signature car on accouna knight rider ➡️ knight rider producer glen larson also workt on star wars cashin the origimal Battlestar Galactica ➡️ star wars' effecks crew who also workt on Battlestar were influinksed by Ray Harryhausen ➡️ Harryhausens 7th Voyage of Sinbad was heavily influinksed by Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

i wanna put together a version of 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon but for Popeye

like,

She-Ra ➡️ Shazam/Captain Marvel (transforming magic hero) ➡️ director of the Captain Marvel movie serial testified under oath in a lawsuit that he believed both Marvel and Superman were derivatives of Popeye

[machiavellique]

·         The Atheist's Mass (Honoré de Balzac) ·         The Beautifull Cassandra (Jane Austen) ·         The Communist Manifesto (Fredrich Engels and Karl Marx) ·         Cruel Alexis (Virgil) ·         The Dhammapada (Anon) ·         The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon (Aesop) ·         The Eve of St Agnes (John Keats) ·         The Fall of Icarus (Ovid) ·         The Figure in the Carpet (Henry James) ·         The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows (Rudyard Kipling) ·         Gooseberries (Anton Chekhov) ·         The Great Fire of London (Samuel Pepys) ·         The Great Winglebury Duel (Charles Dickens) ·         How a Ghastly Story Was Brought to Light by a Common or Garden Butcher's Dog (Johann Peter Hebel) ·         How Much Land Does A Man Need? (Leo Tolstoy) ·         How To Use Your Enemies (Baltasar Gracián) ·         How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing (Michel de Montaigne) ·         I Hate and I Love (Catullus) ·         Il Duro (D. H. Lawrence) ·         It was snowing butterflies (Charles Darwin) ·         Jason and Medea (Apollonius of Rhodes) ·         Kasyan from the Beautiful Mountains (Ivan Turgenev) ·         Leonardo da Vinci (Giorgio Vasari) ·         The Life of a Stupid Man (Ryunosuke Akutagawa) ·         Lips Too Chilled (Matsuo Basho) ·         Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (Oscar Wilde) ·         The Madness of Cambyses (Herodotus ·         The Maldive Shark (Herman Melville) ·         The Meek One (Fyodor Dostoyevsky ·         Mrs Rosie and the Priest (Giovanni Boccaccio) ·         My Dearest Father (Wolfgang Mozart) ·         The Night is Darkening Round Me (Emily Brontë) ·         The nightingales are drunk (Hafez) ·         The Nose (Nikolay Gogol) ·         Olalla (Robert Louis Stevenson) ·         The Old Man in the Moon (Shen Fu), Miss Brill (Katherine Mansfield) ·         The Old Nure's Story (Elizabeth Gaskell) ·         On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts (Thomas De Quincey) ·         On the Beach at Night Alone (Walt Whitman) ·         The Reckoning (Edith Wharton) ·         Remember, Body... (C. P. Cavafy) ·         The Robber Bridegroom (Brothers Grimm) ·         The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (Anon) ·         Sindbad the Sailor ·         Sketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) ·         Socrates' Defence (Plato) ·         Speaking of Siva (Anon) ·         The Steel Flea (Nikolai Leskov) ·         The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe) ·         The Terrors of the Night (Thomas Nashe) ·         The Tinder Box (Hans Christian Andersen) ·         Three Tang Dynasty Poets (Wang Wei) ·         Trimalchio's Feast (Petronius) ·         To-morrow (Joseph Conrad), Of Street Piemen (Henry Mayhew) ·         Traffic (John Ruskin) ·         Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls (Marco Polo) ·         The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Around the Whole Globe (Richard Hakluyt) ·         The Wife of Bath (Geoffrey Chaucer) ·         The Woman Much Missed (Thomas Hardy) ·         The Yellow Wall-paper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) ·         Wailing Ghosts (Pu Songling) ·         Well, they are gone, and here must I remain (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

[indigodreams]

"The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor" Edmund Dulac

[ilsecondostefano]

The seven voyages of Sindbad the Sailor

[foursideharmony]

Sides Ships Disney Rides, Part 1

So the other day I was watching videos of rides from Disney theme parks I will probably never get to visit (a pastime of mine), and one of them was the utterly delightful Sindbad's Storybook Voyage, in the  extraordinary Tokyo DisneySea park. It suddenly hit me. This is a Royality ride. Watch the video and tell me you don't see it.

Yes, it's about the swashbuckling adventures of the legendary Sindbad the Sailor, but it's cute and soft and gentle. Sindbad saves the Roc's nest from a band of pirates, befriends a giant, meets the King of the Monkeys, and returns home with a boatload of treasure—among other things—and all the while he's singing a song that will get stuck in your head, about following your heart and how the real treasure is the friends you make along the way. Speaking of which, his friend on this voyage is Chandu, an adorable tiger cub.

This is exactly the sort of thing Roman and Patton would design together, if they were an Imagineering team.

So that got me thinking...what about the other ships? Which Disney attractions would hit the intersection of their personalities and interests? And since I am not the kind of person who can have such a train of thought without riding it to the end of the line, here we go!

(Warning for the data-capped—this post is heavy on the YouTube videos!)

Analogical: Adventure Thru Inner Space

This Disneyland (Anaheim) ride closed over 35 years ago, but it was my favorite when I was a wee one. Since it was gone before the advent of high-quality camcorders, very little live footage exists; the video above is a CGI reconstruction. But it's danged accurate, so there's that.

Why Analogical? Logan's part is easy enough to figure out: SCIENCE! Chemistry, no less! The “shrinking” premise is fanciful, but I think he would accept that in the interest of the educational content. As for Virgil, there's an eeriness to ATIS that I think would suit him. If there are any fans of the Haunted Mansion out there among my readers, you probably noticed the similarity of the ride cars, and maybe you also recognized the narrator. You might be interested to know that the two rides also shared a set designer, Claude Coats, who was a star at creating creepy atmospheres. The music starting at about 5:00 always feels like it's plucking at my very nerves, and that is just so Virgil.

Logicality: Spaceship Earth

This Epcot ride has been through a few different incarnations; this is the current one. It's another educational one, locking in Logan's interest even if it does have more to do with history than science. It's presented in a very straightforward, documentarian fashion which I think would appeal to him. Patton, meanwhile, would be drawn to the theme of communication, of humans making connections with one another and sharing their ideas. Being reminded of the fact that in the modern day, distance is no object for people wishing to get in touch, would warm his heart.

To be continued in Part 2!

[rhianna]

Bibliographic Record

Author

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

Title   The Arabian Nights Entertainments

Contents    The story of the merchant and the genius -- The story of the first old man and of the hind -- The story of the second old man and of the two black dogs -- The story of the fisherman -- The story of the Greek king and the physician Douban -- The story of the husband and the parrot -- The story of the vizir who was punished -- The story of the young king of the black isles -- The story of the three Calenders, sons of kings, and of five ladies of Bagdad -- The story of the first Calender, son of a king -- The story of the second Calender, son of a king -- The story of the envious man, and of him who was envied -- The story of the third Calendar, son of a king -- The seven voyages of Sindbad the sailor -- The little hunchback -- The story of the barber's fifth brother -- The story of the barber's sixth brother -- The adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura -- Noureddin and the fair Persian -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- The adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, caliph of Bagdad -- Story of the blind Baba-Abdalla -- The story of Sidi-Noumann -- Story of Ali Cogia, merchant of Bagdad -- The enchanted horse -- The story of two sisters who were jealous of their younger sister.

Language    English

LoC Class

PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Fairy tales

Subject

Children's stories

Subject

Arabs -- Folklore

Subject

Folklore -- Arab countries

Subject

Tales -- Arab countries

Subject

Fairy tales -- Arab countries

CategoryText

EBook-No.128

Release Date   May 1, 1994

Copyright Status   Public domain in the USA.

[ugo-the-nerd]

Sinbad’s 7th Voyage

This was quite strange as i stumbled over it but also intriguing.

I own 3 different versions of Sindbad the Sailor and 2 tell the same story about his 7th Journey but the 3rd is completley different and I’m wondering why that is the case. The thing that delighted me tho, is another connection towards Sinbad no Bouken, not even a small detail if i may say so.

He got into his 7th Journey on the way back from his 6th Adventure. Sailing back with a great fortune he earned with precious jewels from his 6th adventure, his ship was attacked by pirates, who sold him into slavery. He was bought by a weahlthy merchant and worked as an elephant hunter (for elephant tusks). Later on, after having been attacked by a herd of elephants, the elephants bring him into a huge elephant burial ground full of bones and ivory tusks. After that discovery, the merchant was so greatful that he set him free and sent him back home to Baghdad with a ship full of ivory.

So. After tripping over that bit of Information about him being a slave to a rich merchant, i think it is safe to say that it is another anology between the original “Sindbad the Sailor” and “Sinbad no Bouken”.

The merchant, of course, being  Umm Madaura

(Allthough Ohtaka turned her into the opposite of the original merchant, vile and evil and Sin has to fight for his freedom, instead of  it being given out of generosity.)

Check out my older Analysis of Sinbad’s Second Voyage! Here!

[disturbingbookclub]

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[carlainoasis]

003. All the Possible

On the other half of our trial day, I went back to the Library and came to the librarian to ask if they have anything to show me about the Arabian literature. They entered something on their tab and I was told that there were only two results they could show me. I was more than happy to have at least two results than none so I had myself brought to that section of the two-story floating screens-books. But the book I was first told of was not placed in between the other books. Rather, it was placed on a podium with a pillow underneath it.

There was the Qur’an which the librarian strictly told me I could not get a hold of due to the rules that must still be applied – such as wearing appropriate clothes, must be read slowly so listeners and readers could understand the contents well, and proper posture while reading. I understood and respected (and still do) that since, after all, the Holy Qur’an is not just any book: it is the Book of God. The librarian told me reading the entirety of Qur’an on average speed takes about thirty days. Those who read a lot may be able to read the Qur’an in seven days. The speed is never an issue, as long as the reader and/or its listeners are attentive and they understood the Surah. I wanted to read something from it but since I was not allowed to do so, the librarian did for me. They changed their appearance and attire to be more appropriate in the scene. They read the Surah verses 1-10: it discussed about everything a man was given to in order to achieve their salvation. These material and spiritual things that was given by Allah are enough for them to survive their everyday lives, allowing them to have a purposeful and calm life.

After being told of the oaths and truth from the Qur’an, the librarian helped me search for the book – Arabian Nights – about the voyages of Sindbad the Sailor. When we saw it, I did not waste my last minutes in the virtual world and read what I could but I was only able to the read Sindbad’s first voyage: where he spent all the riches he inherited because of his poor decisions. When Sindbad learned of all his money wasted, he set off to the sea – which he eventually became attached to, and became a merchant sailor, selling what he had with the money he spent. He grew bigger as a sailor, making money out of his new actions. Although, this luck did not go on easily when he and his sailors spent a night in the back of a whale in the middle of the wide seas. When they made fire, the whale dove deep to the waters, and only Sindbad was the one left floating in the waters while his sailors went on without him, thinking he already had drowned. Sindbad’s luck came back when he was welcomed by the hospitable King Mihrage, after he helped a horsegroom save a mare. He was given by the king what he needed and he befriended the merchants and sailors he met. He was surprised to see his own ship and his sailors on the dock and had them convinced he was Sindbad the Sailor. All the possessions and gifts they – the kind and Sindbad – exchanged went to a better place: his home.

For a trial day, the company and team did so well that it felt as if the virtual world was already a finished product and can be opened for the public already. I thought to myself that the following days will be more exciting and believed in it heavily, and you already guessed it: I was right.

[sindbadthesailorhp]

Sindbad the Sailor (1947)

Cartoon

The tales of Sinbad are a relatively late addition to the One Thousand and One Nights – they do not feature in the earliest 14th-century manuscript, and they appear as an independent cycle in 17th- and 18th-century collections. Traceable influences include the Homeric epics (long familiar in the Arabic-speaking world, having been translated into that language as early as the 8th century A.D., at the court of the Caliph al-Mahdi), Pseudo-Callisthenes's "Life of Alexander" from the late 3rd/early 4th century A.D. via the 9th century "Book of Animals" of al-Jahiz, and, even earlier, in the ancient Egyptian "Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor". Later sources include Abbasid works such the "Wonders of the Created World", reflecting the experiences of 13th century Arab mariners who braved the Indian Ocean.[1]

The Sinbad cycle is set in the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid (786–809). The Sinbad tales are included in the first European translation of the Nights, Galland's Les Mille et une nuits, contes arabes traduits en français, an English edition of which appeared in 1711 as The new Arabian winter nights entertainments[2] and went through numerous editions throughout the 18th century.

The earliest separate publication of the Sinbad tales in English found in the British Library is an adaptation as The Adventures of Houran Banow, etc. (Taken from the Arabian Nights, being the third and fourth voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.),[3] around 1770. An early US edition, The seven voyages of Sinbad the sailor. And The story of Aladdin; or, The wonderful lamp, was published in Philadelphia in 1794.[4] Numerous popular editions followed in the early 19th century, including a chapbook edition by Thomas Tegg. Its best known full translation was perhaps as tale 120 in Volume 6 of Sir Richard Burton's 1885 translation of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.[5][6][7]

[oncecaitlinsmith]

Themes shown in Classic Literature

After reading the extract on Jason and Medea from The Voyage of Argo, I decided to explore some other classic literature from around the world to see what they have in common and if the themes of Greek literature (tragedy and comedy) align with the themes of international classic literatures. The main themes I found prominent in the Argonautica were tragedy but also with some romance shown, especially between Jason and Medea. 

The Odyssey is likely the most famous piece of Greek literature, following the voyage of Odysseus the war hero as he battles against the gods and creatures of the Aegean sea. Written by Homer in 675-725 bce, the epic was likely the inspiration for the Argonautica and heavily featured tragic themes as Odysseus suffered incident after incident, however it also showed romantic sub themes as Odysseus’ wife drove him to return home. 

“Homer, author of the Odyssey”

Dante’s Inferno was written by Dante Alighieri, a Christian Italian man who wrote the poem in the 14th century, themed as a divine comedy which he used to insult his political enemies and reaffirm his believes. The story tells the tale of  Dante himself as he is granted access to the three realms of the afterlife, Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. As he passes through the 7 rings of hell he sees many of his enemies being punished in hell and led by the poet Virgil, taken on the journey to put him back on the path of Christianity and showed what path would wait for him if he strayed. Dante Alighieri believed he had truly gone on this journey and at the time his vivid imagery won over lots of believers.

Although the original author of Sindbad the Sailor is unknown, the first appearance of the now famous character was in the 17th century in 1001 Arabian Nights, a large collection of stories. He was first introduced in “Sindbad the Porter and Sindbad the Sailor” where we are briefly introduced the adventurous young sailor. After the introduction we travel along side him through 7 short stories, each a new adventure. The stories take many themes and ideas from myths and legends such as cannibalistic giants similarly to the cyclops in the Odyssey and huge predatory birds named Rocs from middle eastern mythology. The themes are mainly adventure and tragedy as Sindbad commonly ends up ship wrecked.

Overall many classic pieces of literature contain similar themes, mainly tragedy and comedy, almost always accompanied by romantic sections throughout. I quite enjoy researching classic literature as they often hold interesting subjects and ideas that inspire many of my personal works. 

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Theory of development of the embryo

Well now let’s get to the development of the embryo. According to Moore it was not possible for anyone to have this information at that time, but was it really right for Moore to think so? Use your brain here and think of ancient times, two thousand to five thousand years ago.

At that time, civilizations were flourishing in three formats – tribals living in forests, villagers doing agriculture and animal husbandry, and third, living in cities, who used to buy and sell food and other things necessary for sustenance.

In these cities, prostitution was an acceptable and respected occupation available for entertainment. Even the Bible mentions prostitution, according to the Mahabharata, there were thousands of prostitutes in Hastinapur. Cyprus, Sicily, Kingdom of Pontus, Cappadocia were the main centres of prostitution in Greek civilization.

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In India, the nagarvadhus were prepared for this, in Nepal, there was a ritual for prostituting girls named deuki, in Jerusalem there used to be a temple for erotic activities, in Greek civilization, it was named as ’holy sex.’

When Pompeii, which was destroyed in Mount Vesuvius explosion 2000 years ago, was dug up in 1748, a brothel was also found with the city, with ten rooms and paintings depicting coitus. It is said that it started with the union of the king of Sumeria and the goddess of love Inanna in the Sumerian civilisation. Then sex was not a taboo in any civilization. Rati was the goddess of sex in India, whereas in Greek civilization Aphrodite was respected for it.

Most of the big cities were inhabited on the seaside, where outsiders used to come for business and these brothels strengthened the economy of the state. Now use your brain that the women who had chosen prostitution would not have gone to that profession for reproduction and the measures of contraception were also not prevalent at that time.

There were no contraceptive measures at that time

And whatever little were there were strange and dangerous. Egyptian documents show that one and a half thousand years ago, they used to fill crocodile faeces, honey, sodium bicarbonate solution to prevent the entry of sperm into the female vagina. In the medieval period, the ovary and a bone of the animal named Vezal were tied on the thigh of the woman. In China, they used to make a solution of lead and mercury in some way and used to drink it, which was life-threatening. In Greece, the woman was given the water in which the blacksmiths used to cool their tools.  

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Obviously, all these measures were dangerous, unsafe and uncertain so the women would get pregnant. Now if you think that medical practices were negligible at that time, then you are wrong. In the Indian territory and Unani system of medicine in Central Asia and Europe, Ayurveda is very old. In 2600 BC there was Imhotep in Egypt, whom Sir William Osler called the real father of medicine.

So when women used to conceive, measures were also taken to abort it. It is a matter of fact that even today, in rural society, many native methods of abortion are in vogue.  

Now bypassing Mr Moore, use your wisdom that if an embryo from a week to a foetus, three to four or five months is being aborted, would it not be noticed or seen by people (at least by the woman who is pregnant)?

When they stopped menstruating, could they not know about their pregnancy and then different stages of the foetus through abortion that it first takes a leech-like appearance and what forms it takes further?

If God is there then how can it be from the point of view of science

Apart from this, there is miscarriage which has been there as a normal process since the time of existence of women. Do you believe that before the eighth century there was no miscarriage and they were not aware of the different conditions of the foetus in the womb?

Understand these things in such a way that there were no flush toilets then, to flush away the foetus rather most people would go in the open for excretion or to throw such undeveloped (early stage) embryo. so it was nothing like unknown or unique that nobody knew before mentioned in the Quran in the eighth century.

It is worth noting here that the Quran itself asks to understand such things and does not claim these to be real. But ever since people like Zakir Naik have started finding science in religious books, such common things are also being proclaimed as a miracle.

Is it really a miracle that two oceans do not mix

Another miracle most talked about in the Quran is related to Surah Rahman‘s verses 19-20, referring to the meeting of two seas which do not mix with each other. This miracle has two categories – one is its state and the other is how this miracle on the ground was revealed.

First, understand the scientific reason for it not being mingled. This unique union happening at a very familiar place (propagated by Muslims) is the Gulf of Alaska, where cold, freshwater melts from the glaciers and meets the saltwater of the Pacific ocean. Now since the density, temperature, etc. of the water on both sides are different, they do not meet with each other and at its junction, the foam wall is formed.

The truth is that it does not occur in only place. In other places, where freshwater (clean) of the rivers comes into the saltwater of the sea, it maintains its own existence, but it happens on a small scale so it is not discussed. You can see it at the merging of Ganges and Yamuna. In Uttarakhand, you can see such scenes in many places. If you watch the Factomania program on BBC Earth, then you can also do such experiments at home. The other truth is that this combination is not permanent and gradually the water melts.

This occurs due to the different densities of water

This happens because of the density of water and you can take an example of the Dead Sea between Jordan and Israel where the density of water is so high that you can never drown in it. Since it is natural and the believers believe that nature is created by God, then they can say that God did it. Else there is nothing like a miracle in it and if it is a miracle then everything associated with nature is a miracle and every invention is a miracle.

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Now come to another aspect that how this incident was recorded in the Quran? How the writer came to know and about it? For this, you have to go back to the past again.

Stories of mystery and adventure have always been the centre of human interest. Today, we can see ‘Pirates of the Caribbean‘, ‘Mysterious Island‘, ‘Gulliver‘ type films made on those sea voyages, but in earlier times all these stories were written and people would read them with great enthusiasm. ’Gulliver’ and ‘Sindbad‘ are perfect examples of this.  

If you are above forty, you must be remembering the stories you heard from your grandmother in your childhood, because then there were limited means of entertainment and storytelling was an ancient and important art, which has been going on since the early days of civilization.

Storytelling was a common art in those days  

It was the practice of this storytelling that created the folk tails, the most important of which were the stories of the ships. You can take Sindbad the sailor as an example. In those times, when there were very limited means of entertainment, people who had long sea voyages by ships were full of hundreds of stories. Some of which were based on their imagination (Arabian Nights type), some on personal experiences and some might be folk tales of other countries or simply, the exchange of cultures.

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They used to narrate those stories in gatherings, in taverns, in hotels and in private get-togethers and thus the stories from distant countries, seas and islands used to reach people. Nine and a half hundred years before Christ, there were some harbour cities in Israel which were established by King Solomon’s (Sulayman), due to which they had commercial contacts with a large terrain.

So there can be two kinds of possibilities. First, a sailor might have seen this sight and then described it to others, other that it is not even mandatory in the context of the Gulf of Alaska, might have been seen elsewhere.

Along with this, there is a fact that Muhammed saheb had gone with his uncle to Sham (Syria) in his childhood, for business and in Sham also, harbour cities were the main trading centre. Do the rest calculation by yourself.

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Creation pastry "Sindbad the sailor". With this pastry, it is also a trip that I invite you here with its ingredients: banana,pecan nuts  , strawberry, lemon and an adventure of flavors.

Création pâtisserie "Sindbad le marin". Avec cette pâtisserie, c'est aussi à un voyage que je vous convie ici avec ses ingrédients: banane, noix de pécan, fraise, citron, et aussi à une aventure de saveurs.