Across
- 2. unable to be perceived
- 3. fallacy, giving human attributes to natural occurences. Example: the clouds wept and the flowers bent their heads in sorrow (emotion)
- 6. an artificial language developed to be universal; a combination of the main European languages
- 8. the curved stick used by a shepherd
- 9. complete dedication or absorption; being put under water or into a new subject
- 13. accustomed to
- 14. a beetle used in Egyptian art as a symbol of the after-life or of God; among Egyptians, scarabs are seen as lucky charms or omens
- 16. the holy book of the Islamic faith the book that teaches Muslims about Allah and his servantMohammed the founder of Islam
- 17. unfaithful ones or nonbelievers
- 21. with hidden meanings, unclear, mysterious
- 23. sad
- 26. making clean or holy
- 27. very sharp knives with curved blades
- 31. a water pipe used extensively in Muslim communities; it is not drug related but is a shared activity
- 32. the holy city of Islam, where faithful Muslims go in pilgrimage; it is the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed and is located in modern Saudi Arabi
- 33. studying an area for people or danger
- 35. a short tale that illustrates a message or moral. They usually incorporate elements of non-reality such as talking animals
- 36. relating to or active during the night
- 38. a wind-borne sand storm
- 40. predictions, statements telling of the future
- 43. those who do not believe
- 46. emotionally or without conscious thought or analysis
- 48. Matamoros, patron saint of Spain famous for killing Moors (in Spanish, mata=kill, moros=Moors) to eject them from Spain; a famous stature depicts the saint as described with cowering Moors beneath the hooves of his horse
- 49. a wind that blows from the oceans over the land bearing moisture
- 50. the metal case used to hold a sword
Down
- 1. guard
- 4. Spanish soldier so named because they conquered their enemies
- 5. a medieval philosophy and science with the goal of changing commong metals into gold, finding universal cure for illness, and discovering methods of halthing the aging process to prolong life
- 7. a wind that comes from the eastern end of the Mediterranean near Turkey which is sometimes called the Levant
- 10. relating to the Moors, the Arab/Berber Muslim people who arrived from Africa and conquered Spain in the 8th century
- 11. a room in a church used to store sacred vessels for communion
- 12. telling the future
- 15. able to commit treason
- 18. unbury reveal
- 19. a month of prayer and fasting observed by Muslims
- 20. nomadic Arab people
- 22. a recurrent favorite theme running through an author's work usually meant to unify the work
- 24. an ancient Egyptian sect of Christians who believed that Christ was completely diving; not partly human and partly divine
- 25. given to whimsical decisions, unpredictable
- 28. glowing
- 29. mounted on a horse or other animal
- 30. physical form
- 34. scratched and cut
- 37. basic and raw
- 39. the path of a moving object.
- 41. school especially one in which students study to become priests
- 42. spirits or supernatural beings capable of taking on human forms
- 44. one who can see the future
- 45. longing for the past
- 47. encouragement and goad