A Description of the Genie, Caschcasch

Caschcasch the genie was summoned by Maimoune the fairy to help in a dispute between her and another sprite. Caschcasch was hideous in appearance. He was dark as night, humped backed, had six horns on his head, had hands like claws. Not having seen the light of days for some time, when he was summoned, Caschcasch, came up from the depths of earth squinting.

The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura, Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor.

Monster Mentioned in Sinbad the Sailor’s Third Voyage

“The sun was setting when a loud noise aroused us, the door of the hall was violently burst open and a horrible giant entered. He was tall as a palm tree, and perfectly black, and had one eye, which flamed like burning coal in the middle of his forehead. His teeth were long and sharp and it grinned horribly, while his lower lip hung down upon his chest, and he had ears like elephants ears, which covered his shoulders, and nails like claws of some fierce bird. The prisoners were so horrified that stood stupefied as the monster picked up one of the prisoners and proceeded to eat him.”

With all the terror and the gore of it all there are no words to express the pure horror we felt of the event unfolding in front of us.

Diamonds, Giant Snakes and the Roc

On Sinbad's second voyage he was once again shipwrecked. On this occasion he wound up on an island that could not sustain life and he looked for a way to escape from his predicament. While he was investigating the island he came upon a large circular object “that was at least fifty paces round.”

While investigating the object Sinbad noticed a huge black cloud hovering overhead and he remembered hearing sailors tell of a wonderful bird called a Roc. The Roc is a mythological bird of huge proportions and object that Sinbad was investigating was obviously a Roc egg.

“Sure enough the bird settled slowly down upon it, covering it with its wings to keep it warm, and I cowered close beside the egg in such a position that one of the bird's feet, which was as large as the trunk of a tree, was just in front of me. Taking off my turban I bound myself securely to it with the linen in the hope that the roc, when it took flight next morning, would bear me away with it from the desolate island.”

The next morning, the roc left its nest and flew off to an distant island and upon touching ground Sinbad released himself from  the bird and ” as I wandered about, seeking anxiously for some means of escaping from this trap, I observed that the ground was strewed with diamonds, some of them of an astonishing size. This sight gave me great pleasure, but my delight was speedily damped when I saw also numbers of horrible snakes so long and so large that the smallest of them could have swallowed an elephant with ease.” 

Sinbad the Sailor’s Second Journey

Proverb Mentioned in the Story of Three Calenders

“Whoso meddles in affairs that are not business of his, will hear truths that will not please him.”