Legends of the Dome of the Rock:
2 / THE STONE RESTS ON A WHALE
The Foundation Stone rests upon the crown of a palm,
which grows by one of the rivers of Eden. By this stream sits Pharaoh's wife
and Miriam, sister of Moses, in the shade of the palm, weaving garments for the
dwellers of Eden, in preparation for the resurrection of the dead.
The whole world rests upon a mighty whale, whose head
is at the place of the rising of the sun and whose tail is at the setting
thereof. The Foundation Stone, the Rock of paradise, rests on the very center
of the back of this giant whale.
Source:
Mujir ed-Din, Kitab a-Uns ej-Jalil be-Taarikh a-Kuds wal-Khalil, 1866.
Culled
from: Zev Vilnay: Legends of Jerusalem, Jewish Publication Society,
1973.
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