"God Almighty spake unto Gabriel, saying, 'Be not disobedient, O Gabriel, But go and get me the Heart of the Earth.' But he could not get the Heart of the Earth. 'I will not give it,' said the Earth. Then went the Prophet Israfel to get it, But he could not get the Heart of the Earth. Then went Michael to get it, But he could not get the Heart of the Earth. Then went Azrael to get it, And at last he got the Heart of the Earth. When he got the Heart of the Earth The empyrean and crystalline spheres shook, And the whole Universe (shook). When he got the Heart of the Earth he [41] made from it the Image of Adam. But the Heart of the Earth was then too hard; He mixed Water with it, and it became too soft, (So) he mixed Fire with it, and at last struck out the image of Adam. Then he raised up the image of Adam, And craved Life for it from Almighty God, And God Almighty gave it Life. Then sneezed God Almighty, and the image of Adam brake in pieces, And he (Azrael) returned to remake the image of Adam. Then God Almighty commanded to take steel of Khorassan, And drive it down his back, so that it became the thirty-three bones, The harder steel at the top, the softer below it. The harder steel shot up skywards, And the softer steel penetrated earthwards. Thus the image of Adam had life, and dwelt in Paradise. (There) Adam beheld (two ?) peacocks of no ordinary beauty, And the Angel Gabriel appeared. 'Verily, O Angel Gabriel, I am solitary, Easier is it to live in pairs, I crave a wife.' God Almighty spake, saying, 'Command Adam To pray at dawn a prayer of two genuflexions.' Then Adam prayed, and our Lady Eve descended, And was captured by the Prophet Adam; But before he had finished his prayer she was taken back, Therefore Adam prayed the prayer of two genuflexions as desired, And at the last obtained our Lady Eve. When they were married (Eve) bore twins every time, Until she had borne forty-four children, And the children, too, were wedded, handsome with handsome, and plain with plain." The magician who dictated the above account stated that when Azrael stretched forth his hand to take the Heart of the Earth, the Earth-spirit caught hold of his middle finger, which yielded to the strain, and thus became longer than the rest, and received its Malay name of the "Devil's Finger" (jari hantu).