Note 106 — THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Satíhah” = a she-Satíh: this seer was a headless and neckless body, with face in breast, lacking members and lying prostrate on the ground. His fellow, “Shikk,” was a half-man, and both foretold the divine mission of Mohammed. (Ibn Khall. i. 487.)