Show the saracens saracena Sara cens and tho the moon the saracens saracena Sara cens called tho the moon cabar tho the great and tho the crescent still surmounts tho the turkish mosques and is emblazoned blazoned em on the green standard of the prophet gal mentions a story that mohammed Molia mined A wished to pass with his disciples as a person transfigured trans figured in a supernatural light and that tho the credulity of his followers saw tho the moon or the moons light descend upon him pierce his garments and replenish him that veneration for the moon which still forms a national or rather religious characteristic of the mo hamm edans may perhaps have its foundation in the elder superstition or pagan idolatry of the arabs london standard |