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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Sources
- al-Masudi, d. 967
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