The Arabian Nights

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Middle Eastern literature folk tale collection frame narrative literary work short story collection

The Arabian Nights is a classic collection of Middle Eastern folk tales framed by the story of Scheherazade, whose imaginative storytelling each night postpones her execution by a king.

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All labels observed (26)

Label	Occurrences
One Thousand and One Nights	27
Arabian Nights	17
The Arabian Nights canonical	10
Scheherazade	4
Shahrazad	3
The Thousand and One Nights	2
Arabian Nights (2000 miniseries)	1
Arabian Nights cycle	1
Arabian Nights series	1
Arabian Nights tales	1
Arabian Nights tradition	1
French translation of One Thousand and One Nights by Antoine Galland	1
Les Mille et Une Nuits	1
One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) tradition	1
One Thousand and One Nights universe	1
One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling	1
The Arabian Nights universe	1
The Fisherman and the Jinni	1
The Tale of Nur al-Din Ali and his Son Badr al-Din Hasan	1
The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments	1
Volume 16: The Thousand and One Nights (Selections)	1
Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor	1
otherJinnTalesInOneThousandAndOneNights	1
stories from One Thousand and One Nights	1
stories of One Thousand and One Nights	1
tales of Harun al-Rashid	1

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle Eastern literature ⓘ folk tale collection ⓘ frame narrative ⓘ literary work ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
adaptedAs	animated films ⓘ ballets ⓘ comic books ⓘ films ⓘ operas ⓘ stage plays ⓘ television series ⓘ
alternateName	The Arabian Nights ⓘ surface form: One Thousand and One Nights The Arabian Nights ⓘ surface form: The Thousand and One Nights
approximateCenturyOfCompilation	8th–14th centuries ⓘ
centralMotif	Scheherazade postponing execution through storytelling ⓘ
containsElement	magic ⓘ moral lessons ⓘ supernatural events ⓘ voyages ⓘ
containsMythicalCreature	ghoul ⓘ jinn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Arab world ⓘ India ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Persians ⓘ surface form: Persia
firstMajorEuropeanTranslationBy	Antoine Galland ⓘ
firstMajorEuropeanTranslationLanguage	French ⓘ
firstMajorEuropeanTranslationPublicationPeriod	1704–1717 ⓘ
genre	adventure fiction ⓘ fantasy literature ⓘ folk tale ⓘ romance ⓘ
hasCharacter	Aladdin ⓘ Ali Baba ⓘ Dinarzad ⓘ Grand Vizier ⓘ Morgiana ⓘ Sinbad the Sailor ⓘ
hasInfluencedAuthor	Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Italo Calvino ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ Salman Rushdie ⓘ
hasNotableAdaptation	The Arabian Nights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Arabian Nights (2000 miniseries) Aladdin ⓘ surface form: Disney’s Aladdin (1992 film) Aladdin ⓘ surface form: Disney’s Aladdin (2019 film) Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade ⓘ The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
hasPart	Aladdin ⓘ surface form: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp Ali Baba ⓘ surface form: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The City of Brass ⓘ The Ebony Horse ⓘ The Arabian Nights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Fisherman and the Jinni The Hunchback’s Tale ⓘ The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad ⓘ Sinbad the Sailor ⓘ surface form: The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor The Arabian Nights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Tale of Nur al-Din Ali and his Son Badr al-Din Hasan The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince ⓘ surface form: The Tale of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri-Banu The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince ⓘ The Three Apples ⓘ
hasSourceTradition	Arabic folklore ⓘ Greek folklore ⓘ Indian literature ⓘ Jewish folklore ⓘ Persian literature ⓘ
influenced	Romantic literature ⓘ Western fantasy literature ⓘ children’s literature ⓘ
languageOfWork	Arabic ⓘ
literarySignificance	key text in the Western reception of Orientalism ⓘ major work of world literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	King Shahryar ⓘ The Arabian Nights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scheherazade
narrativeDevice	frame story ⓘ story within a story ⓘ
setting	Baghdad ⓘ China ⓘ India ⓘ Persians ⓘ surface form: Persia mythical islands ⓘ
structure	episodic narrative ⓘ nested tales ⓘ
theme	fate and destiny ⓘ justice and mercy ⓘ love and betrayal ⓘ power of storytelling ⓘ wisdom and cunning ⓘ
timePeriodOfCompilation	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

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The Arabian Nights → alternateName → The Arabian Nights ⓘ

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Ballets Russes → premiered → The Arabian Nights ⓘ

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The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince → partOf → The Arabian Nights ⓘ

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Ring of Solomon → mentionedIn → The Arabian Nights ⓘ

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