Sinbad the Sailor

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fictional character folk hero legendary sailor literary character

Sinbad the Sailor is a legendary Middle Eastern mariner and adventurer from the One Thousand and One Nights tales, famed for his fantastical sea voyages and encounters with mythical creatures.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Sinbad 1
Sinbad the Porter 1
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
folk hero ⓘ
legendary sailor ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedAs animated series ⓘ
children's books ⓘ
comic books ⓘ
films ⓘ
video games ⓘ
appearsIn The Arabian Nights ⓘ
surface form: Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights ⓘ
surface form: One Thousand and One Nights
associatedWith Baghdad ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Caliphate of Harun al-Rashid
culture Arabic literature ⓘ
encounters Old Man of the Sea ⓘ
Roc ⓘ
cannibals ⓘ
giant fish mistaken for an island ⓘ
giant serpents ⓘ
sea monsters ⓘ
firstLanguageOfTales Arabic ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influenced fantasy adventure genre ⓘ
literaryTradition Islamic Golden Age literature ⓘ
moralAspect condemns greed ⓘ
praises gratitude to God ⓘ
motif island adventures ⓘ
miraculous escape ⓘ
rags to riches to rags cycle ⓘ
shipwreck ⓘ
narrativeForm frame story ⓘ
notableFor encounters with mythical creatures ⓘ
sea voyages ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
sailor ⓘ
originatesFrom Middle Eastern folklore ⓘ
religiousContext Islamic cultural background ⓘ
settingRegion East Africa ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
similarTo Odysseus ⓘ
storyStructure series of episodic voyages ⓘ
storyToldTo Sinbad the Sailor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sinbad the Porter
talesCount seven voyages ⓘ
theme adventure ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
fortune and loss ⓘ
maritime exploration ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Arabian Nights → hasCharacter → Sinbad the Sailor ⓘ
The Arabian Nights → hasPart → Sinbad the Sailor ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. → notableWork → Sinbad the Sailor ⓘ
Sigmund Romberg → notableWork → Sinbad the Sailor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinbad
Sinbad the Sailor → storyToldTo → Sinbad the Sailor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinbad the Porter