Avram Maps the Sea of Dreams: Sinbad Between Myth and Memory
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Avram Maps the Sea of Dreams: Sinbad Between Myth and Memory
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Avram Davidson (himself) warms up for a lecture and pulls you aboard a lateen-rigged dhow to ask the irresistible question: where, exactly, did Sinbad sail—Borneo, Sumatra, Serendib, even Madagascar—or only through our imaginations?
Show notes:
• Paul Bunyan vs. Sinbad: why tall tales can still point to real shores
• Baghdad’s golden age, Harun al-Rashid, and merchants’ cargo lists like poetry
• Dhows, monsoons, “islands” that breathe (whale? turtle?), and apes near Sumatra
• The rukh/roc, Aepyornis eggs, and dagobas that look like giant eggs from afar
• Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and the joys of pure serendipity
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