Ali Baba
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Ali Baba is a poor woodcutter in the folk tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," best known for discovering a thieves’ treasure cave that opens with the magic phrase "Open Sesame."
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ali Baba canonical | 12 |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | 3 |
| Ali Baba's family | 1 |
| Ali Baba's secret of the thieves' treasure | 1 |
| the phrase "Open Sesame" (through the Ali Baba story) | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
folk tale character ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
children’s books
ⓘ
films ⓘ television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ali Baba
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Arabian Nights ⓘ
surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
|
| associatedWithCharacter |
Cassim
ⓘ
Morgiana ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup | forty thieves ⓘ |
| associatedWithNumber | forty thieves ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Arabian folklore ⓘ |
| discovers | treasure cave ⓘ |
| familyMember | Cassim ⓘ |
| firstKnownInPrint | 18th century French translation of One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure story
ⓘ
folk tale ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Cassim ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Arabian Nights
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabian Nights cycle
|
| inConflictWith | chief of the forty thieves ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Arabic ⓘ |
| laterRecordedBy |
Antoine Galland
ⓘ
surface form:
Antoine Galland (as part of Arabian Nights corpus)
|
| medium | oral tradition ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | basically honest ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableAction |
becomes wealthy from treasure
ⓘ
keeps secret of thieves’ cave ⓘ shows mercy to Morgiana ⓘ |
| notablePhrase | Open Sesame ⓘ |
| occupation | woodcutter ⓘ |
| popularIn | world literature ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Middle East ⓘ |
| socialStatus | poor ⓘ |
| spouse | unnamed wife ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cleverness of common people
ⓘ
unexpected good fortune ⓘ |
| usesMagicPhrase | Open Sesame ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
this entity surface form:
the phrase "Open Sesame" (through the Ali Baba story)
this entity surface form:
Ali Baba's secret of the thieves' treasure
this entity surface form:
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
subject surface form:
Forty Thieves
subject surface form:
Forty Thieves