Some Islamic traditions mention an enigmatic daughter of Adam named ʿAnāq. Little is known about her; for example, the corresponding entry in the Encyclopaedia of Islam simply states that ʿAnāq is the “name given by the Arabs to the daughter of Adam, the twin sister of Seth, wife of Cain and mother of ʿŪd̲j̲.” ʿAnāq is always mentioned in relation to her son, the giant ʿŪj, who was supposed to be the only creature outside the Ark to have survived the Flood in the time of Noah, and who was assumed to have been killed by Moses. We gather here the information and traditions about the Islamic ʿAnāq in order to draw a more coherent and historically contextualized portrait of this legendary first witch.
ʿAnāq bt. Ādam, the Islamic Story of the Very First Witch
Sous-Titre
en
Gender and the Origins of Evil Magic
Résumé
en
Some Islamic traditions mention an enigmatic daughter of Adam named ʿAnāq. Little is known about her; for example, the corresponding entry in the Encyclopaedia of Islam simply states that ʿAnāq is the “name given by the Arabs to the daughter of Adam, the twin sister of Seth, wife of Cain and mother of ʿŪd̲j̲.” ʿAnāq is always mentioned in relation to her son, the giant ʿŪj, who was supposed to be the only creature outside the Ark to have survived the Flood in the time of Noah, and who was assumed to have been killed by Moses. We gather here the information and traditions about the Islamic ʿAnāq in order to draw a more coherent and historically contextualized portrait of this legendary first witch.
Auteur(s)
Jean-Charles Coulon1
1
IRHT -
Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes
( 423 )
- IRHT-CNRS, Campus Condorcet 14, cours des Humanités
93322 Aubervilliers.
- France
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR841 ( 441569 )
Langue du document
Anglais
Nom de la revue
Hawwa
(ISSN : 1569-2078, ISSN électronique : 1569-2086)
Publié par Brill Academic Publishers
Revue non référencée dans Sherpa-Romeo
Vulgarisation
Non
Comité de lecture
Oui
Audience
Internationale
Date de publication
2019-10-23
Titre de la collection
Gender between Law, Religion and Myths: The Surroundings of Fiqh, edited by Mohammed Hocine Benkheira
Jean-Charles Coulon. ʿAnāq bt. Ādam, the Islamic Story of the Very First Witch: Gender and the Origins of Evil Magic. Hawwa, 2019, Gender between Law, Religion and Myths: The Surroundings of Fiqh, edited by Mohammed Hocine Benkheira, 17 (2-3), pp.135-167. ⟨10.1163/15692086-12341353⟩. ⟨halshs-02422956⟩