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1001 Arabian Nights
Tales from the Islamic Golden Age

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad
1. A whale disguised as an island; saving the mare of the king of an actual island by being drowned by a magical water horse
2. A roc (massive bird of prey) that eats giant snakes that eat elephants
3. An ogre with tusklike teeth and huge ears
4. Clothes-optional cannibals; an island where the death of a spouse is grounds for live burial of the other spouse
5. Another roc; ridden by the Old Man of the Sea; the City of the Apes (whose human inhabitants spend every night in boats offshore while their city is infested by apes that eat humans)
6. An island whose streams flow with ambergris (a.k.a. whale constipation)
7. A city whose inhabitants turn into birds every month

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