E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Man … Monkey.
The Bedouins affirm that the monkeys of Mount Kara were once human beings, thus transformed for disobedience to their prophet. The Arabs have a similar tradition, that the monkey (Nasnâs) and the ape (Wabâr) were once human beings.
