Myth-Folklore

A long time ago there lived a Sultan, who loved his wife the Sultana more than anything in the world. Every day he gave her beautiful gifts and treasures to show his love for her. However, this love was a lie. For the sultan had learned that his wife did not love him but only used him for his power and wealth. Upon learning this awful truth, the sultan sentenced her to death. But with her death, also went the Sultan’s ability to love. For after this treachery he believed all women to be just as wicked as the Sultana. And although he forgoes love, the Sultan does not want to be lonely at night. For the many years that followed the Sultan would marry a new woman, consummate the marriage and then kill her afterwards. Marriage to the Sultan became synonymous to death to all in the land. One day, the grand-vizier’s eldest daughter Scheherazade told her father that she wanted to put a stop to all the suffering in the land. So that no one need mourn the loss of their daughter or sister ever a...

Aladdin was not an orphan, the genie came from a ring given to him by the magician, not the lamp. However, he was sent into the mysterious cave to take a lamp by the magician who claimed to be his uncle. My favorite part of this story is how instead of just wishing for riches, Aladdin instead wished for meals for his family on silver, and then sold the silver for the riches. Aladdin taking the lamp Photo from Tampa Bay Times Online Source Bibliography: Story source: The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898).

The Sultan killed all of his wives shortly after their marriage. Scheherazade stayed off her death by telling stories without endings for A thousand and one nights. Bibliography:  The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898). Scheherazade Telling the Sultan Stories Online Source