Akhnim
Akhnim
A town of Middle Thebais, which at one time possessed the reputation of being the habitation of the greatest magicians. The French traveler Paul Lucas (1664-1737), in his Second Voyage, speaks of the wonderful serpent of Akhnim, which was worshiped by the Muslims as an angel, and which the Christians believed to be the demon Asmodeus.
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