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Karkadann, the Glossary

The Karkadann (Arabic كركدن karkadann or karkaddan from Kargadan, Persian: كرگدن) is a mythical creature said to have lived on the grassy plains of India and Persia.^[1]

37 relations: Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, Al-Biruni, Antidote, Bestiary, Camahueto, College Art Association, Dewlap, Epilepsy, Ethiopia, Fritz Hommel, Ibn Battuta, India, Indian rhinoceros, Indrik, Iran, Iraq, Isis (journal), Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Khutu, Legendary creature, Mahabharata, Misbaha, Muqarnas (journal), North India, One Thousand and One Nights, Persian language, Qilin, Re'em, Rhinoceros, Richard Ettinghausen, Sanskrit, Semitic languages, Shadhavar, The Folklore Society, The Last Unicorn, Unicorn, Zakariya al-Qazwini.
Arabian legendary creatures
Arabian mythology
Indian legendary creatures
Iranian folklore
Persian legendary creatures
Rhinoceroses
Unicorns

Aja'ib al-Makhluqat

Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat (عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات, meaning The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation) is an important work of cosmography by Zakariya al-Qazwini, who was born in Qazwin (Iran) in the year 600 AH/1203 AD.

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Al-Biruni

Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni (ابوریحان بیرونی; أبو الريحان البيروني; 973after 1050), known as al-Biruni, was a Khwarazmian Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age.

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Antidote

An antidote is a substance that can counteract a form of poisoning.

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Bestiary

A bestiary (bestiarium vocabulum) is a compendium of beasts.

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Camahueto

The Camahueto is a legendary bull found in Chilote mythology. Karkadann and Camahueto are unicorns.

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College Art Association

The College Art Association of America (CAA) is the principal organization in the United States for professionals in the visual arts, from students to art historians to emeritus faculty.

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Dewlap

A dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin or similar flesh that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates.

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Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.

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Fritz Hommel

Fritz Hommel (31 July 1854 – 17 April 1936) was a German Orientalist.

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Ibn Battuta

Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī (24 February 13041368/1369), commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian rhinoceros

The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros, or Indian rhino for short, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Indrik

In the Dove Book and Russian folklore, the Indrik-Beast (Russian: Индрик-зверь, transliteration: Indrik zver') is a fabulous beast, the king of all animals, who lives on a mountain known as "The Holy Mountain" where no other foot may tread. Karkadann and Indrik are unicorns.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Isis (journal)

Isis is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (28 August 1919 – 12 December 1994) (جبرا ابراهيمجبرا.) was an Iraqi-Palestinian author, artist and intellectual born in Adana in French-occupied Cilicia to a Syriac Orthodox Christian family.

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Khutu

Khutu was the name given to a material used by medieval Islamic cutlers for knife handles.

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Legendary creature

A legendary creature (also called a mythical or mythological creature) is a type of fantasy entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before modernity.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. Karkadann and Mahabharata are Hindu mythology.

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Misbaha

A Misbaha (misbaḥa), subḥa (سُبْحَة) (Arabic, Kurdish and Urdu), tusbaḥ (Somali), tasbīḥ (تَسْبِيح) (Iran, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia), or tespih (Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian) is prayer beads often used by Muslims for the tasbih, the recitation of prayers, the dhikr, as well as to glorify Allah.

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Muqarnas (journal)

Muqarnas is an annual academic journal of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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North India

North India, also called Northern India, is a geographical and broad cultural region comprising the northern part of India (or historically, the Indian subcontinent) wherein Indo-Aryans form the prominent majority population.

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One Thousand and One Nights

One Thousand and One Nights (أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. Karkadann and One Thousand and One Nights are Arabian mythology and Iranian folklore.

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Persian language

Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.

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Qilin

The qilin is a legendary hooved chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a sage or illustrious ruler. Karkadann and qilin are unicorns.

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Re'em

A re'em, also reëm (rəʾēm), is an animal mentioned nine times in the Hebrew Bible. Karkadann and re'em are unicorns.

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Rhinoceros

A rhinoceros (rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae; it can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea. Karkadann and rhinoceros are rhinoceroses and unicorns.

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Richard Ettinghausen

Richard Ettinghausen (February 5, 1906 – April 2, 1979) was a German-American historian of Islamic art and chief curator of the Freer Gallery.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Semitic languages

The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.

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Shadhavar

Shâd'havâr (Arabic: شادهافار) or Âras (آرس) is a legendary creature from medieval Muslim bestiaries resembling a unicorn. Karkadann and Shadhavar are Arabian legendary creatures and unicorns.

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The Folklore Society

The Folklore Society (FLS) is a registered charity under English law based in London, England for the study of folklore.

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The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968, by Viking Press in the U.S. and The Bodley Head in the U.K. It follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the other unicorns.

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Unicorn

The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. Karkadann and unicorn are unicorns.

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Zakariya al-Qazwini

Zakariyya' al-Qazwini (أبو يحيى زكرياء بن محمد بن محمود القزويني), also known as Qazvini (قزوینی), (born in Qazvin, Iran and died 1283), was a cosmographer and geographer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karkadann

Also known as Cartazoon, Kargadan, Karkadan, Karmadan.

Karkadann, the Glossary

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See also

Arabian legendary creatures

Arabian mythology

Indian legendary creatures

Iranian folklore

Persian legendary creatures

Rhinoceroses

Unicorns

References