鈥淎laddin, or the Wonderful Lamp.鈥 Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., 1923, pp. 67-98.
Tale Summary
Aladdin is a young man from a very poor family whose laziness causes his parents great stress. 听After his father, Mustapha, dies, his mother seeks to provide for her family through her own hard work. 听One day, a wizard who claims to be Aladdin鈥檚 uncle visits Aladdin and gives him a valuable ring, which the wizard says will protect Aladdin from harm. 听The wizard then leads Aladdin to a cave and asks Aladdin to retrieve a lamp from it. 听Aladdin retrieves the lamp; however, after an argument, the wizard becomes enraged and utters a spell that causes the entrance to the cave to close, trapping Aladdin inside. 听After multiple days in the cave, Aladdin rubs his ring and a genie appears, asking Aladdin what he desires. 听Aladdin requests to be freed from the cave and after his wish is granted, he goes home. 听By chance, Aladdin rubs the lamp, and a genie appears and asks what he desires. 听Aladdin asks for food, and a banquet appears before him. 听Soon after, Aladdin comes across the daughter of the Sultan, a princess, and falls in love. 听His mother gives the Sultan a gift of gems, but the Sultan requests that Aladdin give a much larger gift to marry his daughter. 听Using the genie鈥檚 powers, Aladdin gives the Sultan the gift he requests and wishes for many luxurious things such as servants, gems and gold, a horse, and fine clothes. 听The Sultan, impressed by Aladdin鈥檚 incredible wealth, promises his daughter to Aladdin. 听Once Aladdin and the Sultan meet, Aladdin requests that the Sultan grant him a plot of land and time to build a castle upon it before marriage, to which the Sultan agrees. 听Aladdin uses the genie鈥檚 powers yet again to build a castle more exquisite than even the Sultan鈥檚. 听Aladdin and the princess enjoy a great feast at his new palace, and Aladdin makes himself well-known to all the nobles and clergymen of the town. 听However, the wizard finds out about Aladdin鈥檚 success and vows to take the lamp from him. 听The wizard uses trickery to take Aladdin鈥檚 lamp from his palace and when he summons to genie, wishes that he, the palace, and the princess be transported to a faraway land. 听The Sultan, upon seeing the empty land where Aladdin鈥檚 palace used to be, becomes angry and requests that Aladdin be brought to him in chains in order to cut off his head. 听When Aladdin is brought before him, all the townspeople take up arms to defend Aladdin鈥檚 life. 听Upon seeing the love, the people have for Aladdin, the Sultan agrees to give Aladdin 12 days to find the palace. 听Using his ring, Aladdin finds his palace, poisons the wizard, and takes the princess to be his bride.
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Fairy Tale Title
Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
None listed
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)听
None listed
Common Tale Type听
Aladdin
Tale Classification
ATU 561
Page Range of Tale听
pp. 67-98
Full Citation of Tale听
鈥淎laddin, or the Wonderful Lamp.鈥 Fairy Tales in Easy Words, Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., [1923], pp. 67-98.
Original Source of the Tale
The French translator of the 1001 Nights, Antoine Galland (1646-1715), added this story to the Arabic collection of tales, claiming he heard it recounted by Hanna Diyab in Paris.听
Tale Notes
Interestingly, there are two different genies that are summoned in this tale. 听As we would expect from modern retellings, one of these genies appears when the lamp is rubbed. 听However, there is also a second genie that only appears when Aladdin rubs the ring that was given to him by the wizard at the beginning of the story.
Research and Curation
Anonymous student, 2022
Book Title听
Fairy Tales in Easy Words
Book Author/Editor(s)听
None listed
Illustrator(s)
None listed
Publisher
McLoughlin Brothers, Inc.
Date Published
[1923]
Decade Published听
1920-1929
Publisher City
Springfield, Massachusetts
Publisher Country
United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Book Notes
None