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The SandWalker
The Sandwalker is a beast out of Arabian folklore and as it’s name suggests, it spends most of its time in the desert (or possibly on the beach). This is perfect for the hungry critters, as they prefer a steady diet of camels and horses. That makes sense, because camels are probably the tastiest thing in the desert anyway.
If you’re about to take a trek through a desert and would like to know what to avoid so your buddy Seabiscuit doesn’t become lunch, think giant scorpion. Like, really giant scorpion. They have notoriously sharp claws and a menacing stinging tail that is loaded with poison. The good news is that the poison is fairly redundant because if you get impaled by the tail, there’s a good chance you’ll die of blood loss (or organ loss) before the poison has any time to mess with you.
What could make these gnarly beasts scarier? How about the fact that they only come out at night when their black exoskeleton makes them almost invisible? Or maybe that they can hide themselves under the desert sands incredibly fast? In fact they could be anywhere in any desert or beach right now. Probably right under your towel. Or your oasis… If that’s the desert equivalent to a beach towel.
Wadd
With a name like ‘Wadd,’ you know you’re going to have it rough from day one. Wadd was a moon god worshipped in the Minaean kingdom (located in and around modern-day Yemen) of Southern Arabia from the fifth to first centuries BCE. His name meant “Love” and/or “Friendship,” and his sacred animal was the snake.
He was a pagan god of the Minaeans, and is referred to in the Qur’an as one of the five idols erected by the descendants of Cain. Knowing what we know about Yahweh’s jealous nature, he was not the type of deity to suffer a rival. He was a bit of a newbie among pre-Islamic pagan gods, and like the rest, he was lost in the shuffle of the growing popularity of Abraham’s god.
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