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Scheherazade: see Thousand and One Nights Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights, series of anonymous stories in Arabic, considered as an entity to be among the classics of world literature.
..... Click the link for more information. . Scheherazadeor SheherazadeFictional sultan's wife who narrated The Thousand and One Nights. According to the story that serves as the collection's framework, the Sultan Shahryar found his first wife unfaithful, and, after deciding that he hated all women, he married and killed a new wife each day. Scheherazade, daughter of his vizier, in an effort to avoid his previous wives' fate, related to him a fascinating story every night, promising to finish it on the following night. The sultan enjoyed the stories so much that he put off her execution indefinitely and finally abandoned the idea altogether. Scheherazade escapes being put to death by telling stories for 1001 nights. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights] See : Cunning Scheherazade spins yams for Sultan for 1001 nights. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights] See : Enchantment Scheherazade forestalls her execution with 1,001 tales. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights] See : Storytelling Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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