Introduction
Main: Haunted Springs and Water Demons in Palestine.
1) Springs Inhabited by Good Spirits
a) By Welis, Sheikhs and Mohameddan Saints
b) By Christian Saints
2) Springs Inhabited by Very Bad Spirits
3) Springs Inhabited by Bad Spirits (Less Harmful than the Last Group)
4) Springs Inhabited by Brides and Young Women
5) Springs Guarded by Several Spirits
a) By Two Antagonistic Spirits
b) By Several Spirits
6) Springs Which Have a Curative Action and Which Are Not Inhabited by Holy Persons.
7) Springs Which Have Not Been Mentioned
Haunted Springs and Water Demons in Palestine.
I. Springs Inhabited by Good Spirits
a. By Welis, Sheikhs and Mohameddan Saints
Name of Spring Figure District Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP # Bir es-Sahar Weli Shu’’eb. Shu’ayb/ Shoaib. Der Tarif Beit Arif, Israel 291 Houses/ 1,750 people. Depopulated on 11/7/ 1948
Lydda 14-15 Ên el-Bîreh Sheikh Al-Bireh 39.8 % Area A 5 % Area B 55.2 % Area C
el-Bira 17-14 Bîr Ayûb Ein Rogel en-nabi Ayub Siloam Silwan E. Jerusalem J1 (Al-Quds Governate) Jerusalem 17-13 Bîr Sindjil en-nabi Yusif Joseph Sindjil 13.8 % Area A 34.7 % Area B 51.5 % Area C
Qabalan? 17-16? (Silwad?) ‘Ên Qînâ el weli Abu elEnen.1 Ein Qiniya NW of Ramallah Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên esh-Sheikh Yûsif esh-sheikh Yusif N. of Ramallah (Surda) 95.4 % Area B 4.6 Area C Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên el-Hadjar es-sitt Mu’minah2 Der Ghassaneh Beit Rima Area C Bani Zaid
‘Ên Djakûk Weli (The Prophet Samuel)
E. of en-nabi Samwil Beit Iksa Beit Hanina
Area C “Seam Zone” PA Control. East of 1967 Green Line. West of Israeli separation barrier
Biddya 15-16
Ein Karim 16-13
1 This Weli, it is said, does not always protect its property in the right way. Once, a peasant, who was disappointed by this saint, offered him an oil lamp and vowed: “O Weli, if you do not protect your lamp this time I shall never offer you anything more.” Next morning the peasant found near the spring a dead wolf with the lamp in its mouth. This, of course, was sufficient proof that the saint had exercised his power.
2 Inhabited at times by a bad spirit. See sect V. the bad spirits appear very seldom.
Haunted Springs and Water Demons in Palestine.
I. Springs Inhabited by Good Spirits
a. By Welis, Sheikhs and Mohameddan Saints
Name of Spring Figure District Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP #
Ên el-Amîr Part of Ein Jakak and Ein Tiwala
Sullah and Awlia3
E. of en-Nabi Samwil Beit Iksa. Beit Hanina.
Area C “Seam Zone” PA Control. East of 1967 Green Line. West of Israeli “Separation Barrier”.
Ein Karim 16-13 ‘Ên Masiûn Al Masyoun An angel Ramallah Area A Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên esh-Sheîkh ‘Abdallah
esh-Sheikh ‘Abd-Allah [Ein] Yabrud (“Nimrud”)
esh-Sheikh Ahmad edDjabbarah
Yalo [Latrun] (Now Park Ayalon Forest)
Area C Surrounded by two Israeli settlements and a military base.
Silwad 17-15 ‘Ên esh-Sheîkh Husên esh-Sheikh Husen En ‘Arik 7.3 % Area B 92.7 % Area C Ramallah 16-14 Bir edDjâbbarah (Bir el Jabbar)
Village Destroyed. Currently Canada Park on No Man’s Land. Taken during 1967 Six Day War Bab el-Wad 15-13
‘Ên Ayûb En-nabi Ayub4
E. of Kharbathah Kharbatha Bani Harith
942d Area B 6,200d Area C 833d confiscated to make way for Modi’in Lilit
Abud 15-15 Bîr (in) Sullah5 Hizmah (Jerusalem)
Jerusalem Governate Area C Between Qalandia & Shu’fat Camps 8 surrounding Israeli military bases.
Jerusalem 17-13
3 When Canaan cannot remember the names of the particular Saint he refers to their collective names: sullah, salhat, aulia, etc.
4 It is said that the water cures sterility.
5 No name is given to the Saint but religious music (madih) is supposed to be heard.
Haunted Springs and Water Demons in Palestine.
I. Springs Inhabited by Good Spirits
a. By Welis, Sheikhs and Mohameddan Saints
Name of Spring Figure District Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP # Bîr Imm Djdê Salhat6 Beit Djibrin (House of the Powerful)
‘Ên es-Sitt Lêlah The Valley of the Lady ('Ayn al Khalil, 'Ayn Nasir, 'Ayn Sitt Leila, and 'Ayn Jumma) ['Uyun Seil Lajjun]
Destroyed 1948 Now Bet Guvrin National Park Beit Jibrin 14-11
Al-Ladjun Lajjun. (Roman site of Legion) Megiddo/ Jezreel Valley)
es-Sitt Lelah7
Kibbutz Megiddo built on the destroyed village, taken between April and May 1948.
Nahalal 16-23/ Megiddo 16-22 ‘Ên el-Qubbeh es-Sitt Zenab8 Kaubar
53.7 % Area B 46.3 % Area C Birzeit 16-15 ‘Ên es-Sharqiyeh (Wadi el Laya) es-Sitt Fatumeh Kaubar 53.7 % Area B 46.3 % Area C Birzeit 16-15
‘Ên es-Shâmiyeh es-Sitt Eshshamiyeh
‘Ên es Sharîf
esh-sheikh EshSharif
Qalunya (Now Arza, Israel) Nahal Sorek
Qalunya (Now Arza) Nahal Sorek
El Matba’ah
Esh-sheikh Ibrek/ Sheikh Bureik/ Sheikh Abreik
‘Ên ed Djôz Esh-sheikh Husen
Tell eshShamman Beit Shearim Jezreel Valley
Qalunya (Now Arza) Nahal Sorek
Destroyed/ Depopulated in April 1948, as part of Deir Yassin massacre
Destroyed/ Depopulated in April 1948, as part of Deir Yassin massacre
Land sold in 1925 to JNF by A. Sursock. Now Beit Shearim Nat Park. Bani Zeid.
Destroyed/ Depopulated in April 1948, part of Deir Yassin massacre.
6 Madih is also heard here. They [?] rescue anyone who falls into the well.
7 This water is also supposed to cure sterility.
Ein Karim 16-13
Ein Karim 16-13
Nahalal 16-23
Birzeit 16-15
8 Every unclean woman who approaches the spring is severely punished by es-Sitt Zeinab. She loses her ability to menstruate for ever, or one of her children dies.
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I. Springs Inhabited by Good Spirits b. By Christian Saints
Name of Spring Figure District
Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP #
Bîr el-Waraqah The Well of Souls Leads to Paradise Jerusalem
Haram Ash-Sharif. E Jerusalem (J1). Al- Quds Governate
Jerusalem 17-13 ‘Ên er-Râhib Monk Nablus Area A Nablus 17-18 ‘Ên Kârim The Virgin Mary ‘Ên Kârim Now Ein Kerem, Israel Ein Karim 16-13
Nr Bet-Djala. Jerusalem Municipality
25 % Area A. 75 % Area C. Bir Ona. Partially surrounded by separation wall.
Bethlehem 16-12 ‘Ên Kibiriân St Gabrianus W. of Bet-Djala Bethlehem Makhrour Bethlehem 16-12
Bîr ‘Ônah The Virgin Mary9
Hammâm sittî Mariam The Virgin Mary Jerusalem
Has a curative action in eye troubles Jerusalem Silwan E Jerusalem (J1). Al- Quds Governate Jerusalem 17-13
St Stephen’s Gate/ Sheep’s Gate. E Jerusalem (J1). Al- Quds Governate Jerusalem 17-13 ‘Ên Imm elLôzeh (Lower Siloam)
9 Although a Christian Saint, Canaan writes that some have also claimed to have seen an Abd.
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2: Springs Inhabited by Very Bad Spirits
Name of Spring Figure District Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP # A spring near Wâdî Benî Hâmmad
Ghûl 10 Wâdî Benî Hâmmad Jordan (Wadi Rum) N/A ‘Ên Hasbân Ghûleh.11 Transjordania Jordan N/A ‘Ên Djariût Abdeh. Der Diwan Dayr Dibyan
Municipality D 0.2 % Area A 16.8 % Area B 83 % Area C
el-Bira 17-14
‘En Flêfleh North of village Abd. Bir Zet 75.8 % Area B 24.2 % Area C Birzeit 16-15 ‘En el-‘Arâq Abdeh. Bir Zet 75.8 % Area B 24.2 % Area C Birzeit 16-15 Bîr Srîdah Abd.. Der Ghassaneh (NW of village) Area C Bani Zaid Biddya 15-16
‘Ên el-Hadjar Marid. Der Ghassaneh (SE of Beit Rima)
Area C. South West of village, adjacent to Ein el-Hajjar and east of Israeli settlement Giv’at Haberecha.
Biddya 15-16
Bîr Abu Sarrîs Shetan. Der Ballut “Convent of Oaks”
Municipality D Area A Azzun 15-17
5.2 % Area B 94.8 % Area C Biddya 15-16 ‘Ên Qârûs Shetan. Kefr Tut Umm al-Tut
‘Ên in Wâdî edDjâi Marid. Der Diwan
Municipality D 0.2 % Area A 16.8 % Area B 83 % Area C
El-Bira 17-14 ‘Ên ‘Abbâsîn (Ein Al Baseen) Abd. Between Battir and Husan 23.7 % Area B 76.3 % Area C Bethlehem 16-12 ‘Ên M’ân Djinn. Ma’ân Jordan N/A ‘Ên Hajjî Rasad.12 Jerusalem ? Jerusalem 17-13
10 An old Christian lady told me that the curative action of this spring is due to the fact that Christ ordered the blind man to wash himself here.
11 Janssen Coutumes des Arabes
12 The rasad used to devour a person yearly.
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2: Springs Inhabited by Very Bad Spirits
Name of Spring Figure District
Man with fiery red eyes.15 Sataf.
Depopulated. 540 People, 101 Houses Destroyed on 13-14 July, 1948. Replaced by Even Sapir, Moshav in 1950.
Ein Karim 16-13
Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP # Bir el-Qal’ah Marid.13 Bet Jibrin Destroyed 1948 Now Bet Guvrin National Park Beit Jibrin 14-11 ‘Ên ed-Djdîdî Abd. Kaubar 53.7 % Area B 46.3 % Area C Birzeit 16-15 Wâdî-l-Bîr Abd. Kaubar 53.7 % Area B 46.3 % Area C Birzeit 16-15 ‘Ên ed-Djâmî Black male serpent14 ‘En ‘Arik 7.3 % Area B 92.7 % Area C Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên eshSharqiyeh
13 This marid is said to devour a woman every year. He does not like men. Once a man drawing water felt a strong pull and was drawn down into the bir The unfortunate fellah heard a terrible noise and saw the marid But the latter could not hurt him as he wore a hidjab (talisman).
14 Arbid.
15 Some have seen a woman.
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3. Springs Inhabited by Bad Spirits (Less Harmful than the Last Group).
Name of Spring Figure District Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP # ‘Ên Abu’l Karzam Black dog Ramallah Area A Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên Misbâh Camel Ramallah Area A Ramallah 16-14 Bîr esh-Shâmî Camel Beit Iksa Lifta Ain Karim 16-13 ‘Ên es-Sêf Nearby Al-Hadfa and Al-Juwayza springs?
Donkey16 el-Waladjeh Both Jerusalem and Bethlehem Municipalities
2.6 % Area B/ 97.4 % Area C On Green Line/ in “Seam Zone”. Completely surrounded by separation fence. 1,914 residents depopulated, village destroyed on Oct 21, 1948. Now Har Gilo.
Bethlehem 16-12 ‘Ên Silwân Formerly inhabited by a donkey
Siloam Silwan Silwan E Jerusalem (J1). Al- Quds Governate Jerusalem 17-13 ‘Ên en-Nasbeh Camels Ramallah Area A Ramallah 16-14
‘Ên el-Gharbiyeh Wadi el Gharbi? Camel el-Yaman Yamun
Ramallah 16-14
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Name of Spring Figure District
‘Ên es Sitt Hasnâ N/A Es-Sifflah17
Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP #
Fell Oct. 1948 during Operation ha-Har. 70 people Depopulated. Found on E. edge of Nahal Dolev Reserve, nr Nes Harim.
Deir eshSheikh 15-12
Area A Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên el-Lôzeh N/A Ramallah Area A Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên Tarfidah N/A Ramallah Area A Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên Mindjid N/A Ramallah Area A Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên Mizrâb N/A Ramallah
‘Ên el-Qasr18 N/A Ramallah
Area A Ramallah 16-14 ‘Ên el-Hanniyeh N/A el-Hanniyeh Walaja
Now Ain Haniya. Emek Refaim Park. Bethlehem 16-12 ‘Ên el-Waladjeh N/A el-Waladjeh
2.6 % Area B and 97.4 % Area C
On Green Line/ in “Seam Zone”. Surrounded by separation fence. Destroyed on Oct 21, 1948. Now Har Gilo. Bethlehem 16-12 ‘Ên Battîr/ Ein Al Balad N/A Battir
‘Ên Harrâsheh Also a ruin N/A Mazra’ah Gharbieyh
23.7 % Area B 76.3 % Area C Bethlehem 16-12
54.2 % Area B and 45.8 % Area C
Spring on B/C Border. Village now AlZaytouneh.. Adjacent to Israeli settlements: Horesh Yaron and Talmon A
Birzeit 16-15
‘Ên el-Baqûm N/A Kefr Tut Kafr Thulth? 10.7 % Area B 89.3 % Area C Azzun 15-17
17 Lic. Kahle P.J.
18 The following story is an example. Ya’qub Abu er Rukab went one day very early in the morning to gather wood from the gardens of En el-Qasr. He fastened his donkey to a bush near the spring. As soon as he had sufficient wood for a load, he searched, but absolutely in vain, for his animal. At last he crossed himself and said: bism es-salib el-hayy, “in the name of the living Cross.” At once the donkey was where he had tied him. On the way back he felt an unseen power troubling him. Soon afterwards a female voice called him by his name: “Oh Ya’qub, wait a moment.” He stopped and a beautiful bride, overloaded with gold and jewels, walked up to him. The frightened hattab (wood-cutter) knew that he had to do with a female demon. She implored him with her melodious voice to throw away his axe and follow her. But as he had not yet lost his presence of mind, he crossed himself repeatedly and said a prayer, and she vanished away. When he reached home, he spoke disconnectedly and was completely changed, since he only talked about the beauties of the “bride of ‘En el-Qasr.” She afflicted her escaped prey with blindness, and soon afterwards he died (related by his own wife).
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Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP # ‘Ên el-Qas’ah Abu Qush? N/A NE of el-Bireh 99.8 % Area B 0.2 % Area C Birzeit 16-15 Bir Abû S’hêl N/A Der Ghassaneh Area C Biddya 15-16
Name of Spring Figure District
‘Ên et Tahtah Ras el Tuta? N/A Ed-Djora Now Ora
‘Ên-Nabî Samwîl N/A ‘Ên-Nabî Samwîl 19
‘Ên el-Gharbiyeh N/A Sataf20
Village destroyed, 63 houses. Depopulated 420 persons. During Operation Dani, 1948. Now Israel town of Ora, established 0.5km from the site in 1950.
Bethlehem 16-12
Area C. “Seam Zone”. PA Control. East of 1967 Green Line. West of Israeli “Separation Barrier”. Ein Karim 16-13
540 Depopulated. 101 Houses Destroyed on 13-14 July, 1948. Replaced by Even Sapir, Moshav in 1950 Ein Karim 16-13
‘Ên Djaryût N/A Beitunia21 Sits adjacent to Jebel el Zeitun and Khirbet Jaryut and Khirbet Asqalan.
‘Ên el-Qabû
N/A el-Qabû
‘Ên Atân N/A Atân
‘Ên Farrûdjeh N/A Solomon’s Pools
‘Ên Hammân
Bir Zet22
N/A
‘Ên Dabbâghah N/A Bir Zet
Jerusalem district. West of Battir. Depopulated (260 people and 31 homes) on 22–23 October 1948, during Operation haHar. Now sits in Begin Park in Israel with the spring named Ein Kobi
Ramallah 16-14
Bethlehem 16-12
Bethlehem, Dheisheh. Part of Solomon’s Pools. Bethlehem 16-12
Bethlehem, Dheisheh. Bethlehem 16-12
75.8% Area B. 24.2%. Area C. Still existent. Now a swimming pool. North of Birzeit village.
Birzeit 16-15
75.8% Area B. 24.2%. Area C. Birzeit 16-15
19 She wears an izar 20 Ibid.
21 A black woman.
22 The peculiarity about this spring was mentioned by Canaan earlier in the text.
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Name of Spring Figure District
‘Ên es-Sultan
N/A Jericho23
‘Ên Hantash N/A NW. of Bet Djala.
Location (Post Oslo)
Area A, fully surrounded by Area C. Located at the base of the eastern slope of Tell es-Sultan, 2 KM north-west of Jericho. Also known as the “Fountain of Elisha” and since 1948 home of Ain es-Sultan refugee camp, housing refugees from Jaffa, arRamla and Bir as-Sabi’.
25 % Area A and 75 % Area C. Currently situated between Beit Jala Hospital and Cremisan Winery with Har Gilo settlement adjacent. Har Gilo (Ghuleh?) situated on Khulat el Ghuleh
Mandate MAP #
Jericho 19-14
‘Ên Djifnah N/A Djifnah24
‘Ên Kafriyeh N/A Ramallah
96.1% Area B and 3.9% Area C Spring of the Virgin Mary. Canaan (page 12) mentions that a priest used to have to go to the water and burn incense and repeat prayers to appease the djinniyeh.
East of En Qiniya. NNW of Ramallah. On Route 463, on Area C and B border. Satellite reveals two new looking un-named adjacent settlements.
87.8% Area C and 12.2 % Area B
Bethlehem 16-12
Silwad 17-15
‘Ên Milkeh N/A near Beit Haninah
Israeli Seam Zone with the separation fence cutting off the well . What was then Bab elMu’allakah but is now Neve Ya’akov. Spring western part of what is now Nahal Atarot.
87.8% Area C and 12.2 % Area B
Ramallah 16-14
Jerusalem 17-19
Now part of Israeli Seam Zone with the separation fence cutting off the well . What was then Bab el-Mu’allakah but is now Neve Ya’akov. Spring part of what is now Nahal Atarot.
Jerusalem 17-19 23 Has once a year her menstrual period. 24 See 31.
‘Ên Abû Ziad N/A near Beit Haninah
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Name of Spring Figure District Location
‘Ên el-Djôz25 Es-Seh Husen Qalunya
‘Ên-el-Mâlhah (‘The Salt Pan’) N/A el-Mâlhah 26
(Post Oslo)
Destroyed April 3, 1948 during Operation Nahchon. Population of 910 Arabs and 350 Jews and 156 houses. Now Moza Illit, Israel. Cannot locate spring but some 20 swimming pools in neighbourhood. Two streams: Nahal Sorek and Arza Stream.
Destroyed (299 houses) and depopulated (1,940 people) on first 6 March, 1948 and evacuated after Deir Yassin massacre on 9th April, 1948. Now a district of Jerusalem. Spring could be Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Malha.27
Mandate MAP #
Ein Karem 16-13
Bethlehem 16-12 ‘Ên ed-Djîdeh “New Spring” Abraham Hebron H2 Zone (East)
Located near al Shalala Compound, a military checkpoint and Tel Rumeida Settlement. Hebron East 16-10
Bir es-Sbâ
‘Ên Bêtin
‘Ên el-arâq
N/A Yamun West of Jenin
N/A
Bêtin Ramallah District
N/A Bir Zet28
Remaining. Area B. Situated 1 Km SE between el Yamun and Kafr Dan. 1940’s map lists spring as Bir es Siba and adjacent to an old mill.
19.1% Area B and 80.9% Area C
Israeli settlement of Beit El (population 6,000) NW of town. Land from Beitin also taken Givat Asaf.
75.8 % Area B/ 24.2 % Area C
Difficult to find. Ein el-‘Alaq West of Birzeit and East of Abu Shukheidim.
Jenin 17-20
Ramallah 16-14
Birzeit 16-15
25 In Mohammeddan Saints and Sanctuaries in Palestine Canaan mentions a sacred tree near the site. “Around the oak tree there is a ruin. The lamps are placed in a small cave. To the S. S. E. of this sacred tree there is a spring now bearing the name of the weli. Formerly it was known by the name 'en ed-Djoz.” (Page 70). He also mentions healing properties of the site: “If' a menstruating women goes down to 'En es-Seh Husen (in Kolonia" also called ':En ed-Djoz) she' has to' purify the place at once by burning incense. If 'she fails to do it, the servant of the weli (an 'abd) will appear and inflict some 'disease upon 'her. " (P148) 26 Ibid, 32.
27 Survey of Western Palestine: “The water of the fountain Ain Yalo, a little distance west-south-west from Malhah, enjoys a great reputation. The Mawaleh, when they wish to praise it, say that they weighed the water in the Mijan, and found it lighter than gold; which does not prevent it from being heavy for drinking.
28 Female Saints are not mentioned in this list.
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a. By Two Antagonistic Spirits
Name of Spring Figure District
‘
Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP #
Destroyed April 3, 1948 during Operation Nahchon. Population of 910 Arabs and 350 Jews and 156 houses. Now Moza Illit, Israel. Cannot locate spring but some 20 swimming pools in neighbourhood. Two streams: Nahal Sorek and Arza Stream.
Ein Karem 16-13 ‘Ên Artâs White and Black Sheep Artâs 66.7% Area C, 33.3% Area A Situated on the south of Dheisheh Refugee Camp, adjacent to Solomon’s Pools. Bethlehem 16-12
Ên el-Djôz Es-Seh Husen Qalunya
‘Ên Fawâr White and Black Sheep29 E of Jerusalem
‘Ên Fawâr “Free” man and a black man30
Bîr Ônah St Mary and at times an ‘Abd.
‘Ên el-Hadjar es-Sitt Mu’minah and at the same time a Marid.
E of Jerusalem
Wadi Qelt, Jericho. Although Area C, it is listed by UNOCHA as having a built up settlement area and is an area designated for an Israeli Nature Reserve.
Wadi Qelt, Jericho. Although Area C, it is listed by UNOCHA as having a built up settlement area and is an area designated for an Israeli Nature Reserve.
Wadi elMallaha 19-15
Wadi elMallaha 19-15
Beit Djala
25 % Area A / 75 % Area C. Bir Ona. Surrounded by separation wall and by Gilo and Har Gilo Settlements. Could be part of Nahal Gilo stream.
Bethlehem 16-12
South West of Deir Ghassaneh. West of Beit Rima. Area B Bidya 15-16 29 “According to some” (Canaan). 30 Ibid.
Der Ghassaneh
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5. Springs Guarded by Several Spirits b. By Several Spirits
Name of Spring Figure District
Tiberias
Location (Post Oslo)
Mandate MAP # ‘Ên Ma’ân Djinn Ma’ân Jordan. N/A Tiberias Djinn who heat the wells
Hammat Tiberias Hot Springs. Now in Israel. No mention of Tiberias itself by Khalidi. Benny Morris suggests over 6,000 Palestinians fled Tiberias during the Nakbah.
Tiberias 19-24/ 20-24
‘Ên el-Djalâzôn Flock of Sheep Near Bir Zeit
Area B. Now El Jalazun Refugee camp. Population 9,000 coming from 36 villages in Lydd, Ramleh, Haifa and west Hebron.
Birzeit 16-15 ‘Ên es-Nasbeh Camels Ramallah
Area C. Tell es Nasbeh, SE of Ramallah in Kefr Aqab, North of Qalandia Refugee Camp and Kokhav Yaakov Settlement. Major archaeological site.
‘Ên Djaryût
Ramallah 16-14
Djinn marriage Der Diwan Hariqat [en Najjar]? West of village. Ramallah 16-14
‘Ên Sâbûnah The Family of Za’rurah
Der Ghassaneh
‘Ên Hiddîyeh Djinn31 Between Husan and Battir
‘Ên Djâmî’
Djin who carry fuel to the springs of Tiberias.
‘Ên Djenân Hen with her chickens.
Near Battir
Area C South West of village, adjacent to Ein elHajjar and east of Israeli settlement Giv’at Haberecha.
7.2% Area B / 92.8% Area C. Possibly now Ein Hawiya. North of Husan.
Area C. Part of Wadi ein Jami’ west of Battir and part of Roman aqueduct. Ein Djami SW of Battir.
Bidya 15-16
Bethlehem 16-12
Bethlehem 16-12
Beitunia
10.4% Area B / 89.6% Area C NE of at Tira, adjacent to Beit Horon settlement. Ring fenced [closed off] by the “Biddu enclave”, including Nabi Samwil
31 One may hear the thunderous noise of the Djinn. At times it resembles drum music.
Ramallah 16-14
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b. By Several Spirits
Name of Spring Figure District
Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP #
‘Ên Liftâ (Ney Naftoah)
Hen with her chickens.
Liftâ
410 Houses (1931) and population of 2,550 (1945) depopulated in 1948. Israel submitted UNESCO World heritage proposal in 2015.
Ein Karim 16-13 ‘Ên Silwân Hen with chickens (formerly a camel).
Silwan Siloam E Jerusalem (J1). Al- Quds Governate Jerusalem 17-13 Bîr Hâileh
Hen with her chickens. Der Ghassaneh Area C Biddya 15-16 ‘Ên el-Farkhah wid-Dîk Young hen and a cock. Salt Amman, Jordan N/A
‘Ên esh-Shâtir32 Young children. Nabî Samwîl
Area C. “Seam Zone”. PA Control. East of 1967 Green Line. West of Israeli “Separation Barrier”.
Ein Karem 16-13
‘Ên ed-Dabbûs33 Young children. Nabî Samwîl
Area C. “Seam Zone”. PA Control. East of 1967 Green Line. West of Israeli “Separation Barrier”.
Ein Karem 16-13 32 Also called ‘Ên el-Khireh 33 Also called ‘Ên el-Sghireh
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6. Springs Which Have a Curative Action and Which Are Not Inhabited by Holy Persons.
Name of Spring Figure District Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP # ‘Ên Abû Zêd For fear34 Beit Zakariya Khallet/ Khirbet Sakariya in Area B. Ein Abu Ziad north of village now in Rosh Tzurim settlement
‘Ên Abû Fak(i)hah ‘Ên Abû Fakkah
For fear35 Beit Zakariya Area B. Possibly Ein Faghur on route 60. Surrounded by Dekel, Neve Daniel, Zayit and Elazon settlements
Beit Fajjar 16-11
Beit Fajjar 16-11
E Jerusalem (J1). Al- Quds Governate Jerusalem 17-13 Hammân eshShifâ Skin diseases37 Jerusalem Suq el-Qatanin Street, opposite Al Aqsa Jerusalem 17-13 ‘Ên Sôbah ‘Ên hasr38 Sôbah
‘Ên Silwân For elKasbeh36 Silwan Siloam
Bab el-Wad 15-13 ‘Ên Abû Niâq ‘Ên hasr39 Der Ghassaneh
Depopulated during Operation Dani, 13 July, 1948. Population 620 and 110 houses. Now Tzuba (Ain Tsuba) in Israel.
Area C. See section 2. Biddya 15-16 ‘Ên Mghalis ‘Ên hasr Djibia 51.4 % Area B Birzeit 16-15 ‘Ên el-Wihrah ‘Ên hasr40 Kefr Tut 10.7 % Area B/ 89.3 % Area C Azzun 15-17
Bir es-Sabar ‘Ên hasr41 Der Tarif
Depopulated on 11/7/ 1948. 291 Houses/ 1,750 people. Beit Arif, Israel.
34 A herb grows here which is administered in case of sudden fright. El-Fakkah is a star, Alphecca, translated as “The broken” ring of stars (Alpha CrB). 35 Ibid.
36 See Canaan’s Aberglaube u.Volksmedizin, pp37.
37 See the [Canaan’s main] text.
38 Some of these are more important and more used than others. The most important one on the list is ‘ên Sôba.
Lydda
39 Special mention of ‘Ên el-hasr should be made. The peasant [sic] understands by this expression springs where at no time of the day or of the year do the sun's rays reach the source. The water is used to cure suppression and retention of urine. In order that such water shall preserve its curative action the sun must never shine over it; so it is fetched only after sunset. If the place to which this healing water is to be carried cannot be reached during one night, the jar is hidden during the day in a dark place, and as soon as the sun goes down the journey begins anew. A curious fact about ‘Ên el-hasr, which was told me by a man of Bet-Surik, is that springs with a composite name, where the first part is ‘bêt’, cannot be - although they fulfil all the above named conditions - 'iûn hasr. It was impossible for me to get any explanation for this belief.
40 This spring is inhabited by a monkey.
41 It is inhabited by el-welî Shu’êb.
Haunted Springs and Water Demons in Palestine.
7. Springs Which Have Not Been Mentioned
Name of Spring Figure District Location (Post Oslo) Mandate MAP #
‘Ên Adjab Whitecock42 El-Qubebeh
53.3% Area B 46.2% Area C 1km from Green Line. 0.5km from Separation Fence and Har Adar Settlement.
Ein Karim 16-13
‘Ên Qashqalah Cock Hebron Area A, H1, Short distance south of Ain Nimra? Hebron East 16-10 Bir el-Hummus Ram43 Hebron ? Hebron East 16-10? ‘Ên ed-Djîb Ram Ed-Djib
7.5% Area B/ 92.5% Area C. Area surrounded by separation fence, village split in two.
Ein Karim 16-13 ‘Ên el-Farûmeh Ram Bir Zet ? Birzeit 16-15 ‘Ên Halbûl Ram Near Hebron Hebron East 16-10? ‘Ên ‘Audjah Gazelle N. of Jericho Al Auja.
15.5% Area A/ 84.5 % Area C Land confiscated from Al Auja: 993 dunams for Nativ HaGdud 499 dunams for Yitav/ 497 dunams for Niran/268 dunams for Gilgal.
Jericho 19-14 Wadi elMallaha 19-15 ‘Ên Surik Mouse Bet Surik
10.3 % Area B/ 89.7 % Area C Part of “Biddu enclave” Ein Karim 16-13 ‘Ên Mardeh44 Serpent Mardeh
15.8 % Area B / 84.2 % Area C SW of Nablus in Salfit District. Salfit 16-16 Bir in Bir Nabâlah Serpent Bir Nabâlah
16-13
16-15
16-19 ‘Ên Matîlîyah Monkey Bet-illu Ein Qatliya West of Beitillu? Birzeit 16-15 42 At times a ram has been seen. 43 The ram appears mostly on Fridays. Some have seen a sheep-skin spread (at this time) on the water. 44 Islamic biographer and geographer Yaqut al Hamawi claims that the village’s name derives from the word “Rada,” meaning “death”.
