11 myths
Each story names the sources it was written from.
Solomon needed a demon to build the Temple. He caught the king of demons with wine, used him, then kept him chained. The demon got his revenge.
The boy on the Temple site wasted toward morning. Michael put a ring on the king's finger. A prince of demons came down off the air and knelt.
The beggar said he was king. They set a bowl of grits before him. In Jerusalem a man with hidden feet still sat on Solomon's throne.
The maids would not call her Sarah. They called her Trouble. Seven wedding nights had ended with a body, and none of them were hers.
Solomon needed a worm that could split rock without a blade. The king of demons kept the secret under a sealed well on a far mountain.
Asmodeus wore Solomon's face and ruled his throne. Solomon wandered for three years telling people his name while they laughed.
The princess did not tear his house down. She carried every broken oath to a court of human judges. Then she asked for one last kiss.
Seven grooms had married Sarah and died before morning. On the eighth night her father sent a maid to look. She found them asleep.
Seven grooms had died in that house on the wedding night. Tobiyyah sat before the food and would not lift a cup until the deed was sealed.
Asmodeus said his business was wrecking marriages. Solomon chained him and made him haul water jars, ten at a time, past fish liver burning on a reed.
The widow ran out barefoot and asked the chained king not to touch her wall. He bent so far that a bone in his own side cracked.
