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The story states that Aladdin lives in China, although ‘Aladdin’ sounds more like an Arabic name than Chinese, and the other characters in the story also have Arabic names. In the original story, he shows no interest in the princess’s personality or feelings: whether she wants to marry him or not doesn’t seem to cross his mind, as he has her bridegroom thrown into the damp privy and abducts her to his own home.īut this is partly explained by the setting of the story of ‘Aladdin and the Magic Lamp’ – although where that setting is precisely supposed to be has had critics and anthologists scratching their heads for some time.
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Thereafter, too, he can come across as greedy, someone who – thanks to the gift of the magic lamp, which he does little to earn – merely has to summon his loyal servant, the genie, to gain whatever he wishes. He begins the story as a bit of a scamp, without ambition or loyalty to his parents, and is taken in by the first evil magician’s ruse and his promise to make the boy rich. The story of Sinbad the Sailor was also a late addition to the 1,001 Nights, even though the story had been around – independently – for some time before the eighteenth century.ĭespite being whitewashed (almost literally) for the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin is not some goody-two-shoes hero, and is far more interesting than many protagonists of other well-known fairy tales. We’ve previously discussed how none of the three most famous stories from the collection we know as the Arabian Nights or 1,001 Nights was originally part of the sequence: the story of ‘ Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’ and the tale of Aladdin and the magic lamp were both added to the much older collection of tales in the early eighteenth century, by a French translator named Antoine Galland, who claimed he had heard the story from a Syrian storyteller named Hanna Diyab. And Aladdin and the princess live happily ever after – with Aladdin becoming the sultan when the Lady Badar al-Budur’s father dies.
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The genie also tells Aladdin that he’s been tricked by a magician, and Aladdin kills the magician, having pretended to have a headache and claimed that he needs the holy woman’s healing hands on him. He rubbed the lamp, and the genie reappeared, this time Aladdin commanded, “I want you to send this magician to a faraway place from where he could never come back nor harm anyone.When the princess passes this on to Aladdin, he rubs the lamp and summons the genie, who flies into a rage when Aladdin requests the egg, because the Roc is the mistress who rules over the genie. The magician was surprised to see Aladdin, and before he could guess his next move, Aladdin quickly jumped and grabbed the magic lamp from the table. He also saw that the magician was also present there and next to his table was his magic lamp. And in the next instant, Aladdin was transported to the desert where his palace and family was.Īladdin was glad to see that his wife and his mother were safe.
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He asked the genie to take him to his princess. He rubbed the ring, and another genie appeared. He remembered the ring which the magician had given him which could still help him. Suddenly it struck him that the evil-minded magician would have done something to take the revenge on him. When Aladdin came, he was shocked to find that his palace, princess, and mother were missing. On getting the lamp, the magician started rubbing it, and immediately the genie appeared, he asked the genie to move Aladdin’s palace from the current place to a faraway desert. Aladdin’s wife, unaware that Aladdin’s lamp was magical, gave it away to the magician while Aladdin was not around. On hearing about all this, the magician came to Aladdin’s palace pretending to be an old man who deals with old lamps. Soon, Aladdin got married to the princess, the daughter of the Sultan and they were very happy together. In a very short period, Aladdin became quite famous all over his country! He was known for his kindness and good deeds. Instantly his old hut transformed into a beautiful palace with all the riches and luxuries. For his second wish, Aladdin asked the genie to build him a palace with all the riches. After narrating the entire story to his mother once again, Aladdin rubbed the lamp, and the genie reappeared before him. He also told her about the magic lamp and the genie who helped him get back home from the cave. Aladdin told his mother everything about the merchant and how he left him alone in that forbidden cave. On seeing Aladdin back, his mother became very happy, and they both hugged each other. Immediately Aladdin was home with his mother.