#The Book of One Thousand and One Nights

[alifeoffairytales]

Léon Georges Jean-Baptiste Carré (1878 ~ 1942) 1926 illustration for 'The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'

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Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp.

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[metvmorqhoses]

The hellsite has turned into a massive vampiric book club overnight proving itself once again the effortlessly superior form of social media, I’ve never been prouder in my entire life and that’s the paprika

[illustratus]

The Sultan orders to cut off Aladdin's head by Albert Robida

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[pickapea]

i need to quit my job for a year so i can consume every piece of media ive ever loved one more time

[openbookchocolates]

Two brand-new flavors — The Count of Monte Cristo & One Thousand and One Nights — coming to Kickstarter, launching September 5th, 2023!

The Count of Monte Cristo: Porcini Mushrooms & Peach in Dark Chocolate.

One Thousand and One Nights: Pistachios & Apricot in Goat's Milk Chocolate.

[maddiesbookshelves]

I just gave 5 star reviews to two books in a row, I'm scared the next one will be very bad. Please pray for me 🥲

[rivermask]

Tumblr Book Club Suggestions, if anyone is looking to start a project:

- The Count of Monte Cristo

- The Thousand and One Nights

- Around the World in Eighty Days

The latter two could be scheduled to align with the in-universe timeline. Epic!

[kimartings]

A mini-series from my portfolio, these illustrations were envisioned as full book cover wraparounds for the Odyssey, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and One Thousand and One Nights. These were all done using acrylic inks.

[stone-cold-groove]

Magic carpet ride. One Thousand and One Nights - 1906.

[adarkrainbow]

Searching for the reference (11)

Two different “searches” here! On one side, a reference of the main series. When Dunster Happ lists his work at “boxing” the Great Powers for the Empire, right before trying to “box” Baba Yaga, he mentions his work at trapping the “last of the Balefule Hernes” in Hesse, and the “Janky Man” at “Harvest Town”. 

Hesse is the Homelands version of Germany, and the “last Baleful Hernes” were confirmed by the recent revival of the comic to be actually forms of “Herne the Hunter”, one of the legendary leaders of the Wild Hunt. But what interests me is this “Janky Man” talked about. I couldn’t find any reference to who this entity might be. We know it is a male figure, and given he was trapped in a place called “Harvest Town”, he might be some entity related to the harvest - either the harvest itself, or the harvest season. It is quite hard to identify clearly the Great Powers of Fables since they mostly go by aliases or simple titles, and while for some the title is pretty obvious (the North Wind for the North Wind), other are a bit more “on the side” (Mr. Dark being the archetype of the bogeyman across all cultures). So if anyone has any idea.

A second reference that might be half-solved. In the spin-off comic “Cinderella: From Fabletown, with Love”, Aladdin has a Fable driver named Farid, who he mentions as having a story, though not as well known as those of Cinderella or Aladdin. Given he is close to Aladdin and the Arabian Fables come mostly from One Thousand and One Nights, he believe he might be a character from there.

But which character? The only Farid in the Arabian Nights I know of is Prince Farid, from the fairytale “The Rose’s Smile”. But note that I haven’t checked the entirety of the Arabian Nights in a VERY long time, and there might be another Farid in there. If it helps, Farid’s main role here is being a talented driver always here to assist Aladdin - and he has the talent to drive any kind of vehicle, be it a car, a plane or a boat. And, as Aladdin mentions in the picture belows, he apprently is also good at “mending carpets”, and a “resourceful man”. 

One day I will pick back up my Arabian Nights book, but while waiting if anyone with more knowledge than me has a clue... 

[arytha]

alright i have combed through 5 rec lists and have gathered a paltry sum of. 23 novels to look at. i think i know what im reading first though

[lesewut]

One Thousand and One Nights

A beautiful edition of “One Thousand and One Nights” revised for youth by Dr. Lauckhard and published by Dr. Hofmann in 1878 Leipzig, Germany. With many colourful illustrations and aesthetic decor.

The Genesis of “One Thousand and One Nights” is as exciting as the frame story. Throughout the history there where different kinds of versions and translations. The European version is morally revised and was appropriated culturally in the 18th century. Paradoxically it also influenced the Arabic version in playing the erotica dramatically down, so today we can not really tell how the primeval unspoiled Indian version must have been, but one thing is for sure: The fascination of this magical work ✨