Sindbad

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Sindbad the Navigator (also known as Sinbad , from Arabic سندباد Sindibād , from Persian سندباد Sandbād ) is a story from the oriental fairy tales from the Arabian Nights , which Scheherazade tells her king. However, this story is not included in what is probably the oldest surviving Arabic manuscript in the fairy tale collection from the 15th century. His name is Indo-Iranian - Persian origin and means "Wind of Sindh " or "Lord of Sindh". Sindhrefersto the Indus , to which sea connections to the Islamic countries have existed for a long time.

The action takes place at the time of the Abbasid dynasty (especially the time of Hārūn ar-Raschīd ) and Sindbad lives in the port city of Basra . The stories come from a wide variety of sources and are inspired by stories told by Arab seafarers. It is very likely that they go back to the 9th and 10th centuries.

The history

Prologue : Two men live in Baghdad, Sinbad the porter and Sinbad the navigator. One day poor Sindbad the porter comes to the wealthy merchant Sindbad the seafarer. This entertains him and tells about his seven trips.

1st trip : Sindbad's ship anchored off an island. The merchants go ashore. Suddenly the island sinks into the sea because it was a big fish. Sindbad saves himself on a board and arrives at an island. There he meets men who breed pedigree horses by having a sea stallion jump over a mare. Sindbad travels with them to see King Mihrdjan. There he happily meets his original ship and returns home.

2nd trip : Sindbad is forgotten on an island. He discovers an egg in the bird's skirt and ties his turban to the giant bird's foot when it has settled down to breed. The bird carries Sinbad into a great valley full of snakes and diamonds. There, merchants throw carcasses down from the surrounding mountains, the diamonds stick to the flesh and are then carried up by eagles. This is how the merchants get their hands on precious stones. Sindbad saves himself by tying a piece of meat in front of his chest. He is carried upstairs and joins the merchants.

3rd trip : Sindbad's ship lands on Monkey Island. The monkeys rob the ship. The merchants rest in a castle, where they meet a black giant with red eyes. The giant eats the captain and two more men on the following days. Sindbad and the merchants build a raft and blind the sleeping giant with two spikes (cf. the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus ). The giant and two comrades pursue the fleeing people. Only Sindbad and two others escape on the raft. You reach an island. A large snake eats the two remaining companions. Sindbad saves himself by tying boards and other wood around his body so that the snake cannot eat him. He is rescued by a ship that turns out to be the one that forgot him on his second voyage on the island.

4th voyage : Sindbad's ship capsizes in a storm. He and some comrades wash up on the coast of an island. You will encounter a native tribe who sacrifice people for their king (a werewolf ). Sinbad is the only one to escape by abstaining from all food, being so emaciated and, having become uninteresting for the natives, can escape. He meets a group of pepper collectors and travels with them to their country. Sindbad imparted knowledge of saddle, bridle and stirrup to the king there and was thus respected and rich. Sindbad marries, but when his wife dies, he is buried alive with her in a cave, according to the custom of the country. He discovers a second exit, is able to escape and is picked up by a ship.

5. Journey : Sindbad's ship lands on an island. Some merchants discover an egg in the bird's rock, break it open, and slaughter the young. Soon the giant bird appears with its female. The merchants flee with the ship, but the two birds smash it with boulders. Sindbad rescues himself on wreckage on the coast of an island. There he meets an old man who asks him to carry him a little way. When Sinbad takes the old man (the sheikh of the sea) on his shoulders, he wraps his legs tightly around his neck and never gets off again. Sindbad manages to stun the old man with wine and kills him with a stone. - Sindbad, picked up by a ship, reaches a town and is left there again. The inhabitants of the city spend the nights in boats at sea because monkeys tyrannize the city at night. Sindbad joins coconut collectors, makes some profit and eventually travels home by ship.

6. Journey : Sindbad's ship capsizes in front of a mountain. He and a few comrades reached the island. Little by little all companions die because they can hardly find anything to eat. Sindbad discovers a stream that drains under a rock. He builds a raft and confides in the water. Sindbad enters the inhabited area through a long cave. From there he can start his journey home.

7th trip : Sindbad's ship comes to the far end of the world, meets three huge fish and capsizes in the storm. Sindbad can save himself on an island. He builds a boat and surrenders to the sea. The current drives him close to a mountain and then on a river under the mountain. There is a city on the other side. Sindbad received a friendly welcome and was able to sell the wood of his boat at a high price. He marries, trades and inherits his father-in-law. When Sindbad realizes that the residents grow wings at every new moon, he clings to one and flies high with it, where he can hear the angels praising God. Sindbad exclaims: “God be praised and praised!” Suddenly fire falls from heaven and the winged flee; Sindbad is thrown onto a mountain. There he meets two hermits and saves a man from the jaws of a snake. Then Sindbad meets the winged townspeople again. They explain to him that he almost ruined them for saying the name of God. They return to the city together. There his wife warns him against further dealing with the residents because they are unbelieving jinn . Sindbad takes his wife with him and returns home to Baghdad.

Historical

It is often assumed that the stories about Sindbad go back to Indian or Persian predecessors, but there is hardly any evidence for this other than the name of the hero. According to another theory, the stories come from reports about several seafarers. Enno Littmann writes in the appendix to his six-volume work that the adventures are mostly collected sailor's yarn from many times and countries: “They are sailor stories , as they are probably told at all times in all ports of the world, sailors' yarn, the various truths and much more seal included [...]. "also, stories from the Indian Panchatantra and the Odyssey of Homer have been incorporated. The oldest sources are Arabic. For example, the chronicle of al-Yaʿqūbī from the 9th century describes the sea routes to India and the book Aja ib al'Hind (Miracles of India) by Buzurgh ibn Shariyar from the 10th century contains very similar stories.

The Omani consider the city of Suhar to be the birthplace of the mythical Sindbad.

Film adaptations

Real films

Sinbad the Navigator

Sindbad's seventh journey

Captain Sindbad

Sindbad

Sindbad and the Caliph of Baghdad

Sindbad's dangerous adventures

Sindbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Sindbad - Lord of the Seven Seas

Sindbad - The Battle of the Black Knights

Sindbad's adventure

Sindbad and the Minotaur

Sindbad's Fifth Journey

TV Shows

Sindbad's adventure

Sindbad

Cartoons

Sindbad & Serena - In the land of fog

Sinbad - The Lord of the Seven Seas

Sindbad ( Nippon animation , broadcast on ZDF )

  • Original title: Arabian Night Sindbad no Bōken ( Japaneseア ラ ビ ア ン ナ イ ト シ ン ド バ ッ ト の 冒 険Arabian Naito Shindobatto no Bōken )
  • Production date: 1975-1976
  • Parts: 42
  • First broadcast on Japanese TV: October 1, 1975 on Fuji TV
  • First broadcast on German television: September 21, 1978 on ZDF

Radio plays

There are various radio play versions from various recording studios or production companies such as OK, Europa , Fontana , Litera and Maritim .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see e.g. B. in the translation by Claudia Ott , CH Beck, Munich
  2. ↑ a b Paul Lunde: The seas of Sindbad ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Saudi Aramco World, July / August 2005 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saudiaramcoworld.com
  3. ↑ Sindbad (1975). (No longer available online.) In: fernsehserien.de. Archived from the original on July 10, 2006 ; Retrieved May 3, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fernsehserien.net

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