The Giza pyramids in flood, no giant king

Coptic and Islamic Egypt, medievalEgyptFolklore

Surid ibn Salhouk

Also known as: Surid, Souphis

Basic account

A king who dreamed the Flood was coming, and built the pyramids to keep knowledge safe from the water. His name is a corruption of the name of the pharaoh who actually built them.

Account

Surid belongs to medieval Coptic and Islamic Egypt, not to ancient Egypt. He is placed roughly three hundred years before the Flood, and in several tellings he is a giant.

Motifs

The giant as builder
The people who came before
Grown in the telling

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What is disputed

The name gives the game away.

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Sources

al-Masudi, d. 967

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