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| Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | |
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 Aladdin finds the wonderful lamp inside the cave. A c. 1898 illustration by Rene Bull. | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 561 (Aladdin) |
| Region | Middle East |
| Published in | One Thousand and One Nights, compiled and translated by Antoine Galland |
Aladdin (/əˈlædɪn/ ə-LAD-in; Arabic: علاء الدين, romanized: ʻAlāʼu d-Dīn/ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn, IPA: [ʕalaːʔ adˈdiːn], ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights), despite not being part of the original text; it was added by the Frenchman Antoine Galland, based on a folk tale that he heard from the Syrian Maronite storyteller Hanna Diyab.[1]
- ^ Razzaque (2017)