Aladdin (folk tale)

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Middle Eastern folk tale folk tale literary work

Aladdin (folk tale) is a famous Middle Eastern story, best known from the One Thousand and One Nights collection, about a poor young man who discovers a magical lamp containing a powerful genie.

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Label Occurrences
Aladdin 3
Aladdin (One Thousand and One Nights) 1
Aladdin (folk tale) canonical 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Eastern folk tale ⓘ
folk tale ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
adaptedAs animated film ⓘ
children’s book ⓘ
live-action film ⓘ
opera ⓘ
pantomime ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
television series ⓘ
containsElement enchanted cave ⓘ
flying palace (in some versions) ⓘ
genie ⓘ
magic lamp ⓘ
magic ring ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Syria ⓘ
culturalOrigin Middle Eastern folklore ⓘ
firstEuropeanPublicationLanguage French ⓘ
firstKnownPublicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
genre adventure story ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasMotive desire for social advancement ⓘ
desire for wealth ⓘ
love for the princess ⓘ
influenced Western perceptions of genies (djinn) ⓘ
numerous works of popular culture ⓘ
introducedIn The Arabian Nights ⓘ
surface form: French translation of One Thousand and One Nights by Antoine Galland
mainCharacter Aladdin (folk tale) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aladdin

the genie of the lamp ⓘ
the genie of the ring ⓘ
the princess (Badroulbadour in some versions) ⓘ
the sorcerer ⓘ
narrativeForm prose narrative ⓘ
narrativeFrame told by Scheherazade in some editions of One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ
originalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf The Arabian Nights ⓘ
surface form: One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) tradition
plotElement Aladdin marries a princess ⓘ
Aladdin recovers the lamp and defeats the sorcerer ⓘ
Aladdin uses the genie to gain wealth and status ⓘ
a poor young man discovers a magical lamp ⓘ
a sorcerer tricks Aladdin into retrieving a magic lamp from a cave ⓘ
the lamp contains a powerful genie ⓘ
the sorcerer steals the lamp and the palace is transported away ⓘ
setting China ⓘ
a fictional Chinese city ⓘ
theme deception and trickery ⓘ
magic and wish fulfillment ⓘ
rags to riches ⓘ
reward for bravery and cleverness ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
title Aladdin ⓘ
translator Antoine Galland ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Aladdin → basedOn → Aladdin (folk tale) ⓘ
subject surface form: Aladdin (1992 film)
Aladdin (2019 film) → basedOn → Aladdin (folk tale) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Adam Oehlenschläger → notableWork → Aladdin (folk tale) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aladdin, eller Den forunderlige Lampe
Friend Like Me → firstAppearanceInWork → Aladdin (folk tale) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aladdin
Prince Ali → basedOnCharacterFrom → Aladdin (folk tale) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aladdin (One Thousand and One Nights)
Aladdin (folk tale) → mainCharacter → Aladdin (folk tale) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aladdin
One Jump Ahead → hasMainCharacter → Aladdin (folk tale) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aladdin