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Brewer's: Japheth's Stone
According to tradition, Noah gave Japheth a stone which the Turks call giudëtasch and senkjedë. Whoever possesses this stone has the power of bringing rain from heaven at will. It was for a long time preserved by the Moguls.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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