"…inspired by the shape of his son’s bleached skeleton"

I came across this passage: According to Farabi, the oud was invented by Lamech, the sixth grandson of Adam. The legend tells that the grieving Lamech hung the body of his dead son from a tree. The first oud was inspired by the shape of his son's bleached skeleton. http://www.primary-music.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=6 That's just kinda interesting, if …