 Within the tales related in occult manuals are found connections with stories from other cultures' literary traditions.For instance, the ceremony for conjuring a horse closely relates to the Arabic "One Thousand and One Nights" and French romances; Chaucer's "The Squire's Tale" also bears marked similarities.This becomes a parallel evolution of spells to foreign gods or demons that were once acceptable, and frames them into a new Christian context, albeit demonic and forbidden.