Edited by Philip G. Kreyenbroek & Ulrich Marzolp p. 225</ref>。ある人が白い蛇を黒い蛇から救ったという話がある。その後、蛇は自分が''ペリ''、黒蛇が''ディヴ''で、彼女に襲いかかったことを明かした。''ディブ''は''ペリ''を捕らえ、檻に閉じ込めようとすることが多い。
=== Turkish トルコ ===
In Kisekbasch Destani ("Story of the cut head"), a [[Turkish language|Turkish]] [[Sufism|Sufi legend]] from the 13. or 14. Century, [[Ali]] encounters a beheaded men, whose head is still reciting the [[Quran]]. His wife has been captured and his child been devoured by a ''div''. Ali descends to the underworld to kill the ''div''. Here, he finds out, the ''div'' further captured 500 [[Sunnism|Sunnites]] and the ''div'' threats Ali, to destroy the holy cities of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]] and destroy the legacy of Islam. After a battle, Ali manages to kill the ''div'', release the inmates, saves the devoured child and brings the severed head, with aid of [[Muhammad]] back to life.<ref>Gerhard Doerfer, Wolfram Hesche Türkische Folklore-Texte aus Chorasan Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1998 ISBN 978-3-447-04111-9 S. 62</ref>