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The devilشیطان

The Quran is laid on the dead aunt's belly so that the devil will not enter her body.

The devil, from The Blind Owl: ink-and-wash drawing
Kind
Person
Persian
شیطان
First appears
P108.L08
Lines
1
GNML id
ent_devil

In the scenes

Where the text names them

P108.L08

دیدم دو شمع کافوری بالای سرش می‌سوخت. یک قرآن روی شکمش گذاشته بودند برای اینکه شیطان در جسمش حلول نکند.

I saw two camphor candles burning above her head. They had placed a Quran on her belly so that the devil would not enter her body.

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