Seven sleepers of Ephesus
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- Gerhardt, M.I. Zevenslapers en andere tijdverliezers, 1968
- Huber, M. Die Wanderlegende von den Siebenschläfern, 1910
- Dict. of the Middle Ages, c1988:v. 11, p. 212 (Seven sleepers of Ephesus)
- New Cath. enc., c1967:v. 13, p. 140 (Seven sleepers of Ephesus; Christian legend, dating from perhaps the 6th cent.; a Christianization of a pagan or Jewish legend closely akin to tale of Rip Van Winkle)
- Grande encycl.(Dormants, Sept)
- Paul, H. Grundriss der germ. Philologie, 1901-09:v. 2, pt. 1, p. 891 (Legend von den Siebenschläfern; Septem dormientes)
- Enc. Brit., 15th ed(Seven sleepers of Ephesus)
- Grosse Brockhaus, 1934(Siebenschläfer; Sieben Brüder)
- Chardry's Josaphaz, Set dormanz, und Petit plet, 1968:p. xv (Die Sieben Schläfer)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Seven sleepers)
- La vie des set dormanz, 1977.
- The anonymous Old English legend of the seven sleepers, c1994:p. 33 (De septem dormientibus)
The Seven Sleepers (Greek: ἑπτὰ κοιμώμενοι, romanized: hepta koimōmenoi; Latin: Septem dormientes), also known in Christendom as Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and in Islam as Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (اصحاب الکهف, aṣḥāb al-kahf, lit. Companions of the Cave), is a late antique Christian legend, and a Qur’anic Islamic story. The Christian legend speaks about a group of youths who hid inside a cave outside the city of Ephesus (modern-day Selçuk, Turkey) around AD 250 to escape Roman persecutions of Christians and emerged many years later. The Qur'anic version of the story appears in Sura 18 (18:9–26). The Seven Sleepers have been venerated as Christian saints since at least the fifth century as the "Holy Seven Youths" (Άγιοι Επτά Παίδες) in the Orthodox church; in the Catholic Church, they are venerated individually.
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