Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

The Animals admitted into Heaven

They are ten:

    Jonah's whale

    Solomon's ant

    the ram caught by Abraham and sacrificed instead of Isaac

    the cuckoo of Belkis

    the camel of the prophet Saleh

    Balaam's ass

    the ox of Moses

    the dog Kratim of the Seven Sleepers

    Mahomet's ass, called Al Borak

    Noah's dove.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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