hirak

Updated: May 10, 2025

One of the wild tribes on the northern frontier of Afghanistan is said to tell the following story concerning a cavern in the Hirak Valley, known as the cave of the Seven Sleepers. A king bearing the suspicious name of Dakianus, deceived by the devil, set himself up as a god.

Edwin Sidney Hartland - The Science of Fairy Tales: An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology