The City of Brass
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The City of Brass is a legendary, opulent, and cursed city of jinn and lost treasures featured in the tales of *One Thousand and One Nights* (The Arabian Nights).
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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legendary city ⓘ mythical city ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Arabian Nights
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surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
The Arabian Nights ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
caliphal expeditions
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treasure hunters ⓘ |
| contains |
inscriptions
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lost treasures ⓘ magical artifacts ⓘ palaces ⓘ statues ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin |
Islamic Golden Age storytelling
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Middle Eastern literature ⓘ |
| featuredInGenre |
adventure tales
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fantasy literature ⓘ moral tales ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
jinn
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magical seals ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
abandoned
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cursed ⓘ enchanted ⓘ opulent ⓘ |
| hasInhabitants | jinn ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
manuscript literature
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oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
forbidden knowledge
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lost city ⓘ ruined splendor ⓘ supernatural guardians ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism |
consequences of disobedience to God
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transience of wealth ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
divine punishment
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greed ⓘ hubris ⓘ impermanence of worldly power ⓘ moral warning ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Arabian fantasy settings
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modern depictions of jinn cities ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | desert ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
moral exemplum
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warning against arrogance ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arabic folklore
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Islamic legendary tradition ⓘ |
| titleLanguageForm | Arabic: Madīnat al-Nuḥās ⓘ |
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