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x Norris, H. T.
  1972
Saharan myth and saga.
Oxford, Clarendon Press: xv + 240. Frontisp. Figs. 5 pls. Maps.
–Suggests that the "fishes in human form" mentioned in the tale of the City of Brass and the Cupola of Lead in the 1001 Nights may have been Mauretanian manatees (1-4).

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Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
   1972Norris, H.T.