Banu Asad
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Asad · Banū Asad · بنو اسد · the Banu Asad · بنو أسد · بني أسد
in the texts
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
Two distinct sub-tribes bearing the name Banū Asad, one in al-Azd of Kahlān and one in Quḍāʻah of Ḥimyar, whose lion-name Smith's argument would read as a totem.
The Banū Asad are a sub-tribe of al-Azd of Kahlān of the Qaḥṭānīyah, and the Banū Asad are also a sub-tribe of Quḍāʻah of Ḥimyar;
But the condition of totemism is precisely that the Banū Asad believe the lion to be their ancestor, and that they hold every lion sacred or worship it — that is, do it no harm.
that is, that some tribes are called by the names of animals, such as the Banū Asad, the Banū al-Namir and the Banū Kalb and the like.
Kitāb madhāhib al-Aʻrāb wa-falāsifat al-Islām fī al-jinn
Tribe named in verse as keeping the jinn's own mounts.
What is it in you that amazes the jinn — I have known them — while among Asad are horses of theirs and choice mounts Do you saddle a jerboa and bridle a hedgehog?