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‘Uj ibn Anaq (‘Ûj ibn ‘Anâq) is a giant, portrayed in Islamic tales and miniatures. The origins of this character lay in Jewish lore and the Old Testament, e.g. king Og. He takes his ‘surname’ from his mother Anaq – ‘Anâq; cf. Book of Numbers 13:33– who begat him after an incest affair. Famous and much painted episodes include his fight with the prophet Musa, and his fishing and frying of whales, while he stands just about knee-deep in the ocean. Several of his striking features merged with the description of another giant in Islam, the Antichrist-figure of Dajjal.[1]
References
- ^ Laban Kaptein, Eindtijd en Antichrist, p. 117–119. Leiden 1997. ISBN 9073782902
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