=== 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]]. 13~14世紀のトルコのスーフィーの伝説「キセクバシュ・デスターニ」(「切られた首の物語」)には、このように書かれています。アリは、首をはねられた男に出会うが、その頭はまだコーランを読んでいた。 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>
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