そして、神はアンカを赤道直下の周辺海域の島の一つに連れて行った。そこは人の手の届かない島で、象、ロブスター、水牛、ヒョウ、肉食動物、猛禽類など多くの動物がいる一方、アンカはそれらの動物を一切狩らず、すべてをアンカの支配下におくためにだった。ただし、アンカが何かを狩った場合、アンカはそれを食べ、残りの獲物はアンカの支配下にある動物に食べられてしまう。アンカが狩るのは、ゾウ、大魚、タンニンだけである。--></ref>。
===Identification特徴 ===
The anqa is frequently identified (to the point of becoming synonymous) with the [[simurgh]] of [[Persian mythology]] along with the [[Armenian mythology|Armenian]] and [[Byzantine Eagle|Byzantine eagles]] and the [[Turkic mythology|Turkic]] [[Konrul]], also called ''semrük'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cirlot |first1=J. E. |title=A Dictionary of Symbols |date=2013 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=9780486132662 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_p7DAgAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> probably due to the sphere of influence of the [[Persian Empire (sassanids)|Persian Empire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SIMORḠ – Encyclopaedia Iranica |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/simorg |website=www.iranicaonline.org |access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref> It is also almost always glossed as a [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]]. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]], the other name for the Konrul as well as a phoenix is {{lang|tr|zümrüdü anka}} "the emerald anqa". In modern arabic Anqa is identified as a phoenix or griffin.