L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe

Badi'aet el-Hosn wal Dschamal, a Jewish girl

The demon

Al Radshi (the old man known as the ‘Eccentric Widower’) Grand Vizier of Manda, the Island of the Black Baboons

Malik, the ancient Sultan of Pati

Dijab, the old tyrant of Kipungani

Al Kasim (‘the Sharer’), Al Radshi’s youngest son

Adschib (‘the Wayward’), another son, a good-for-nothing

Gharib (‘the Untrustworthy’), another son, a sly fox