Sohni Mahiwal
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Sohni Mahiwal is a famous tragic love story from Punjabi folklore and literature, centered on the doomed romance between a potter’s wife Sohni and her beloved Mahiwal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sohni Mahiwal canonical | 3 |
| Sohni | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Punjabi folktale
ⓘ
South Asian folklore ⓘ romantic legend ⓘ tragic love story ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chenab River
ⓘ
pottery craft ⓘ |
| centralFemaleCharacter |
Sohni Mahiwal
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sohni
|
| centralMaleCharacter | Mahiwal ⓘ |
| ending |
death of Mahiwal
ⓘ
death of Sohni ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterRole |
herdsman
ⓘ
potter’s wife ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationType |
film
ⓘ
poetic retellings ⓘ stage play ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Indo-Islamic literary tradition
ⓘ
Punjabi culture ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
romance
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| hasLanguageTradition |
Punjabi
ⓘ
Saraiki ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| hasMainCharacter |
Mahiwal
ⓘ
Sohni Mahiwal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sohni
|
| hasNarrativeStructure | star-crossed lovers ⓘ |
| hasSettingRegion | Punjab ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adultery
ⓘ
fate ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ social constraints ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| influenced | South Asian popular culture ⓘ |
| isOftenGroupedWith |
Heer Ranjha
ⓘ
Mirza Sahiban ⓘ Sassi Punnun ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Punjabi romantic tragedies ⓘ |
| moralInterpretation |
celebration of unwavering love
ⓘ
condemnation of rigid social norms ⓘ |
| narrativeType |
oral tradition
ⓘ
qissa ⓘ |
| plotElement |
sabotaged unbaked clay pot
ⓘ
secret nightly river crossings ⓘ use of a baked clay pot as a float ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
female courage
ⓘ
love transcending social barriers ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | pre-modern period ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sohni
this entity surface form:
Sohni