The Arab civilization and its people have some of the most diverse and beautiful stories and myths among the many myths stories around the world.
Some of those myths were transmitted orally from generation to generation over thousands of years, while some of them were well known and took the role of fairy tales popular among Arabs, but many of them are still believed to have actually occurred in a place and time, which made these tales and myths more Stir than ever ..
Here are the most famous of those myths, some of which were before the emergence of Islam, and some came after the spread of religion.
1- The Legend of Aladdin and the Wonderful Magic Lamp
- One of the most famous folk tales from the Arabian Peninsula, and from the legends of the Arabs after Islam, it was the story of Aladdin, which captured the imagination of children and adults in various parts of the world.
The story of Aladdin and the magic lamp is part of a group of legends in the book "A Thousand and One Nights".
This story tells about the poor young man "Aladdin" who starts a series of adventures after being deceived by the evil wizard "Jafar" and Aladdin found a magic lamp, carrying inside him a "genie" who helps him win the princess's love, as the events of that story take place in Baghdad according to For most of the publications of the book One Thousand and One Nights.
2- The legendary creature Bahmut
Bahamut was a mythical creature that appeared in the myths of the Arabs in pre-Islamic era.
It was known as a giant, wild fish that inhabits the depths of the oceans. The ancient Arabs believed that this fish was carrying the earth on its back, and that its head resembled the head of an elephant or a rhinoceros.
3- The legendary monster of the monster
Nasnas was a terrible beast that appeared in pre-Islamic Arab mythology, and it was believed that our people were offspring resulting from the mating of Satan with humans, and it has the ability to kill humans and make them without a body just by touching them.
The description of the monkey came in the stories that was frightening, if he had half a head and a half of a body, and he used to make giant leaps with one foot to pounce on unsuspecting humans and kill them.
4- The legend of Ali Baba and the forty thieves
- Another story from the myths of the Arabs after Islam, and another famous story from the legendary Tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
This legend tells about the poor woodcutter Ali Baba, who went on a wild adventure when he discovered the thieves' den that opens with the magic words "Open Sesame", where he eventually discovered Ali Baba the enormous treasures that thieves hidden in the magical cave.
5- The legendary creature Shadhavar
- Shadhafar, was one of the mythical Arab creatures that emerged from the stories of the Middle Ages, where it was believed that Shadhafar was a unicorn-like creature with one giant horn and 42 hollow branches spreading from this century.
Al-Qazwini said about the creature that it lives in the land of Al-Reem, and when the wind passes through its magic horn and the branches outside it, it produces a pleasant sound that makes animals gather around it and listen to the sweet music.
6- The Legend of the Sailor Sinbad
- Another legend famous in all parts of the world, it is the legend of Sinbad the famous sailor and brave explorer, and it is believed that the origin of this legend dates back to the ancient land of Iraq, and most of Sinbad's adventures in the seas center around his encounter with many magical creatures, mythical creatures, strange lands and islands.
7- The legend of the rook
- The rook is considered one of the most famous folk myths among the ancient Arabs. It was a giant bird, whose name was associated with the stories of the Sindbad Sailor. Thunderbird.
8- The legend of Atlantis, the lost sand
- An ancient Arab legend tells of an ancient city located in the lands of the Arabian Peninsula, which was destroyed and buried under the sand due to the wrath of God against the inhabitants of that city, so he sent natural disasters on it that completely destroyed it.
Many explorers, ancient and modern, truly believed in the existence of that city, and many of them searched for this lost land, as some believe that it is located somewhere in the southern deserts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
9- The myth of Zarqa al-Yamamah
- In Arab mythology, "Zarqa Al-Yamamah" was a Najd woman, who was from the people of Al-Yamamah, and had an incredibly strong eyesight like magic. Legend says that this woman had wonderful and sharp-eyed blue eyes, which helped her predict the future and events, and look across great distances. You see convoys or people on a three-day walk.
It is said that in one of the wars the enemy hid the branches of trees in order to attack the people of the dove, so the blue of the dove saw this and warned her people, but they did not believe her, and when the enemies arrived at Diyarem, they killed everyone and demolished their buildings, and they killed Zarka al-Yamamah and crucified her after they pulled out her eyes.
10 - The legend of the Alcatrb monster
- Qutrub, is a popular myth that appeared in Arab folklore, and it is said that it is a wolf-like beast, which is a type of demons or a type of jinn, and Al-Qotarb is often like a mythical ghoul creature, and it is believed that it inhabits cemeteries and devours the corpses of the dead.