Aladdin

The story of Aladdin was told to Galland by a Syrian storyteller and the French scholar included it in his translation of One Thousand and One Nights (1704), an embellished and modified version of the original. Aladdin is a folk tale that appears only in forged Arabic manuscripts and was either an invention of the storyteller or part of the Syrian oral tradition. However, Aladdin became one of the most famous and recognizable characters of the Arabian Nights.

Aladdin, a character from the folktales of Persia*, appears in the collection of stories known as the Thousand and One Nights (or the Arabian Nights). Legends from Europe to China often contained characters like Aladdin—ordinary people who came into possession of magical devices and through them acquired wealth and power. Aladdin's magical tools were a ring and a lamp that controlled supernatural beings known as genies.

Aladdin was the lazy, irresponsible son of a poor tailor. A sorcerer tricked him into entering a treasure-filled cave to seize a magical lamp and gave him a ring that would protect against evil. Aladdin found the lamp, but he refused to give it to the sorcerer until he was outside the cave. The sorcerer blocked the entry to the cave, imprisoning Aladdin within.

Through a series of accidents, Aladdin discovered that rubbing the ring brought forth powerful genies, who released him from the cave. He also discovered he could summon the spirits by rubbing the lamp. The genies offered to fulfill Aladdin's every wish. He asked for and received a magnificent palace and the hand of the sultan's daughter in marriage.

supernatural related to forces beyond the normal world; magical or miraculous

genie spirit that serves the person who summons it

sorcerer magician or wizard

sultan ruler of a Persian or an Arabic state

The sorcerer, meanwhile, was determined to gain control of the magic lamp. He tricked Aladdin's wife into exchanging the lamp for a new one and then commanded the genie of the lamp to move Aladdin's palace to Africa. In time, Aladdin and his wife defeated the sorcerer and recovered the lamp. Then they had to prevent the sorcerer's wicked younger brother from seizing it. After

Donte Lindsay

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I chiose this myth beacuse of the charterrsctics . it is a true myth for three reason one beacuse it is ficton. two beacuse of the charters. three beacuse of the charters backrounds it is like a love story that is why i chose this myth