LXXII. How a Man Who Passes Fearlessly Through the Evils Which Assail Him
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LXXII. How a Man Who Passes Fearlessly Through the Evils Which Assail Him

LXXII. HOW A MAN WHO PASSES FEARLESSLY THROUGH THE EVILS WHICH ASSAIL HIM.

When they would denote a man who passes fearlessly through the evils which assail him, even until death, they delineate the SKIN OF AN HYÆNA; 1 for if a man gird this skin about himself, and pass

p. 131

through any of his enemies, he shall be injured by none of them, but passes through fearlessly.


Footnotes

  1. 130:1

    The Arabs eat the flesh of this animal to free themselves from some particular illness.

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