King so old that he only can take food from a horn

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King so old that he only can take food from a horn.

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 12, Section IX
Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 19
Literary CrystallizationMasnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets (abridged), Book 1, Story 9
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 85LXXXV. THE MAGIC APPLES 2%

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IcelandicFlateyjarbók I 26, Boberg.

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Old man with hanging eyelids. So old that the eyelids hang down to his chin and must be lifted up Sending to the older. Old person refers inquirer to his father, who refers to his father, and so on for several generations Very old woman Man so old he sleeps in cradle King so old that he cannot get on horseback without help Person hundreds of years old Man lives for nine generations

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