The Arabian Nights
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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.
Observed surface forms (11)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| One Thousand and One Nights | 0 | 12 |
| Scheherazade | 0 | 4 |
| Arabian Nights | 0 | 3 |
| Shahrazad | 0 | 3 |
| Arabian Nights (2000 miniseries) | 0 | 1 |
| Arabian Nights tales | 0 | 1 |
| The Arabian Nights universe | 0 | 1 |
| The Fisherman and the Jinni | 0 | 1 |
| The Tale of Nur al-Din Ali and his Son Badr al-Din Hasan | 0 | 1 |
| The Thousand and One Nights | 0 | 1 |
| The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments | 0 | 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 → |
Referenced by (35)
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this entity surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
this entity surface form:
The Thousand and One Nights
this entity surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
this entity surface form:
Arabian Nights
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One Thousand and One Nights
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One Thousand and One Nights
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Aladdin (1992 film)
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One Thousand and One Nights
subject surface form:
Scheherazade
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One Thousand and One Nights
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The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
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The Arabian Nights universe
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Arabian Nights (2000 miniseries)
this entity surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
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The Fisherman and the Jinni
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The Tale of Nur al-Din Ali and his Son Badr al-Din Hasan
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Scheherazade
this entity surface form:
Arabian Nights tales
this entity surface form:
Scheherazade
this entity surface form:
Scheherazade
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The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
this entity surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
this entity surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
this entity surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
this entity surface form:
Arabian Nights
this entity surface form:
Scheherazade
subject surface form:
Aladdin (1992 film)
this entity surface form:
Arabian Nights
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Scheherazade
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Shahrazad