Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheitans
Literary usage of Sheitans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Supernatural in Romantic Fiction by Edward Yardley (1880)
"The Jinn are distinct from the angels, but the devils, or sheitans, are the
rebellious Jinn, of whom Eblis, formerly called ..."
2. The Supernatural in Romantic Fiction by Edward Yardley (1880)
"... comes from the notes to Lane's ' Arabian Nights.' Jinn is the plural of Jinnee ;
and the Jinn are supernatural beings in the Arabian mythology. sheitans ..."
3. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1877)
"Besides these, like the ancient Chaldees, they reckon seven divine sheitans (daemons)
or minoi gods. It is during the sacrifices of blood, which take place ..."
4. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1889)
"mingled with asseverations that the place was garrisoned by sheitans, whom no
man could face and live. ' They've had enough,' laughed Oliphant gleefully, ..."
5. In Malay Forests by William George Maxwell (1907)
"... threw one half of the fish on to the right bank as a propitiatory offering to
the Jins, and the other half on to the left bank for the sheitans. ..."
6. Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies by Edwin Swift Balch (1920)
"Nevertheless, altho these sheitans are somewhat disgusting, they are not terrible,
but rather grotesque and foolish. There is, for instance, ..."
7. Notes from Nineveh: And Travels in Mesopotamia, Assyria and Syria by James Phillips Fletcher (1850)
"... very fine lads, whom he was proud of characterizing as two of the greatest
sheitans in Mosul. The old gentleman loved stories to distraction, ..."
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