The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- First Published: 1706
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Folklore
- Time of Work: The legendary past
- Setting: India, China, Persia, and Arabia
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction, Adventure, Folklore
- Subjects: Voyages, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Robbery or robbers, Storytelling, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Folklore, India or East Indian people, Sailing or sailors, China or Chinese people, Middle East, Genies or jinns, Persia, Arabs, Fables
- Locales: China, India, Arabia
Characters Discussed
Shahriar, Emperor of Persia and India. Convinced of the unfaithfulness of all women, he vows to marry a new woman every day and have her executed the next morning.
Scheherazade, his wise and beautiful bride. On the night of their wedding, she begins to tell him a tale that so fascinates him that he stays her execution for a day so that he can learn the end of the story. The stories are continued for a thousand and one nights. Then, convinced of her worthiness, he bids her live and makes her his consort. The following are characters in some of her...
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