The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince

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The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince is a classic magical narrative from the Arabian Nights in which a prince is transformed by sorcery and ultimately redeemed through courage and cleverness.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale
fantasy story
folk tale
literary work
associatedWith story cycle of Scheherazade
audience general audience
centralCharacter an ensorcelled prince
collection Arabian Nights NERFINISHED
containsElement enchanted transformation
magic
quest for deliverance
sorcerer or sorceress
culturalOrigin Arab world
genre fairy tale
fantasy
folk narrative
magic realism
hasMotif breaking a spell
enchanted royal
hidden identity
supernatural intervention
trial of character
hasTheme cleverness
courage
good versus evil
magic
redemption
sorcery
transformation
literaryTradition Islamic Golden Age storytelling
Middle Eastern literature
moralFocus perseverance
virtue rewarded
narrativeForm frame tale episode
narrativeMode third-person narration
originalLanguage Arabic
partOf One Thousand and One Nights NERFINISHED
periodOfOrigin medieval era
plotElement eventual redemption
magical curse
prince transformed by sorcery
use of cleverness
use of courage
protagonistRole prince
setting a magical kingdom

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights ("The Tale of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peri-Banu")
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