The legend of Aisha Kandisha

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A legend of origin moroccan Its protagonist is Aisha Kandisha, a magical and feminine being who lives in wells, swamps, seas and rivers, enjoying the humid environment as her environment to grow and develop.

With slight changes according to the region of Morocco where we are, the legend of Aisha Kandisha describes her as a beautiful and seductive being, with an angelic face, but with the peculiarity of having the hands of a ram.

One of the legends says that the Aisha Kandisha woman really existed and was called that. He lived in the XNUMXth century and bravely faced the Portuguese invaders who attacked the city of Mazagan.

The invaders They killed her family and in revenge she began to use her beauty as a seductive weapon and then assassinate the soldiers one by one.

Another of Aisha Kandisha's legends tells about the daughter of Don Julián, a Gothic nobleman from the north of the African continent who helped the invasion of the peninsula by Muslim soldiers. Tarik ben Ziyab was the one who asked him to pass through the strait and since he did not trust Don Julián, he kept his daughter as a hostage.

The young woman bathed naked on nights without month and all those who dared spy on her were beheaded. Legend has it that she was a djina capable of bewitching men who dared to lay their eyes on her.

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  1.   charaf said

    I don't like this but I know it's a legend, but is it true?