Solomon’s daughter in a tower (1)

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An early Jewish story recorded by Solomon Buber in the introduction to his edition of the Midrash (commentary) of Rabbi Tanhumar.

“King Solomon had a beautiful daughter. Learning from her horoscope that she was fated to marry a poor Israelite of low birth, he built a very high tower with no entrance thereto; and, after providing a large stock of victuals, locked her up there. At some time, a poor youth, exhausted from long travel, sought to shelter for the night in the carcass of an ox; and, when he had fallen asleep, a large bird alighted upon the carcass and carried it up to the roof of the tower. When the youth awoke and found himself, at his great surprise, in that elevated position, he soon made the acquaintance of the princess. But, being as chaste as he is fair, he writes a marriage contract with his own blood, calling God and the angels Michael and Gabriel as witnesses before he marries her.”

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Jewish folktales

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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