Morgiana
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Morgiana is a clever and resourceful slave girl in the tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" from The Arabian Nights, famed for outwitting the thieves and saving her master.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ali Baba
ⓘ
surface form:
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Arabian Nights ⓘ
surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
The Arabian Nights ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
fantasy literature
ⓘ
folk tale ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ali Baba
ⓘ
Ali Baba ⓘ
surface form:
the phrase "Open Sesame" (through the Ali Baba story)
|
| characterTrait |
clever
ⓘ
loyal ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
archetype of the clever servant
ⓘ
example of female ingenuity in folklore ⓘ |
| defeats | the leader of the forty thieves ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Arabian Nights
ⓘ
surface form:
The Arabian Nights universe
|
| firstPopularizedBy | French translation of One Thousand and One Nights by Antoine Galland ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Morgianna
ⓘ
Morgianna ⓘ
surface form:
Morgiána
|
| killsBy |
pouring boiling oil on the hidden thieves
ⓘ
stabbing the captain of the thieves ⓘ |
| knownFor |
courage
ⓘ
quick thinking ⓘ strategic planning ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic (original tradition) ⓘ |
| laterAdaptedIn | European translations of The Arabian Nights ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Arabian Nights tales as transmitted in Europe ⓘ |
| motive | loyalty to her master ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | foil to the greed and foolishness of others ⓘ |
| notableFor |
outwitting the forty thieves
ⓘ
saving her master Ali Baba ⓘ |
| occupation | slave girl ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Middle Eastern folklore ⓘ |
| partOf | the narrative cycle of Ali Baba ⓘ |
| protects |
Ali Baba
ⓘ
surface form:
Ali Baba's secret of the thieves' treasure
|
| relationshipToAliBaba | servant ⓘ |
| rescues |
Ali Baba
ⓘ
Ali Baba ⓘ
surface form:
Ali Baba's family
|
| rewardedBy | Ali Baba ⓘ |
| rewardType |
freedom (in many versions of the tale)
ⓘ
marriage into Ali Baba's family (in many versions) ⓘ |
| servesAs | servant of Ali Baba ⓘ |
| storyRole |
heroine
ⓘ
protector of Ali Baba's household ⓘ |
| thwarts |
the thieves' infiltration of Ali Baba's house
ⓘ
the thieves' plan to kill Ali Baba ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.