Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

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Herailaz

 

41 The Bokharian Dervish Hadji-Asvatz-Troov

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“‘The popular belief about this holy place was that once there had lived in this cave, as it were, the famous “Herailaz,” who later was taken up “alive” into Heaven.

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“‘It was further said in this popular belief that he was taken alive into Heaven so unexpectedly that he even had no time to extinguish the fire which lit his cave.

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“‘This last belief was supported by the fact that in that cave there was indeed an “undying fire.”