<P> Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel American Gods features a character called Bilquis, although there is no evidence in the novel that this character is related to the historical figure . The character is played by Yetide Badaki in the identically named television adaptation on Starz . </P> <P> Rudyard Kipling's book Just So Stories includes the tale of "The Butterfly That Stamped ." Therein, Kipling identifies Balkis, "Queen that was of Sheba and Sable and the Rivers of the Gold of the South" as best, and perhaps only, beloved of the 1000 wives of Suleiman - bin - Daoud, King Solomon . Explicitly ascribed great wisdom, "Balkis, almost as wise as the Most Wise Suleiman - bin - Daoud", nevertheless Kipling perhaps implies in her a greater wisdom than her husband, in that she is able to gently manipulate her husband, the afrits and djinns he commands, the other quarrelsome 999 wives of Suleimin - bin - Daoud, the butterfly of the title and the butterfly's wife, thus bringing harmony and happiness for all . </P> <Ul> <Li> Played by Gabrielle Robinne in La reine de Saba (1913) </Li> <Li> Played by Betty Blythe in The Queen of Sheba (1921) </Li> <Li> Played by France Dhélia in Le berceau de dieu (1926) </Li> <Li> Played by Dorothy Page in King Solomon of Broadway (1935) </Li> <Li> Played by Leonora Ruffo in The Queen of Sheba (1952) </Li> <Li> Played by Gina Lollobrigida in Solomon and Sheba (1959) </Li> <Li> Played by Winifred Bryan in Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1963) </Li> <Li> Played by Anya Phillips in Rome' 78 (1978) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Played by Gabrielle Robinne in La reine de Saba (1913) </Li>

Solomon and the queen of sheba in the bible