Motif
abandoned sleeper on a deserted island
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A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3551-3629 confidence: high
The narrator prepares goods, embarks on a second voyage with merchants, lands at a fertile uninhabited place with fruit trees, springs, and a brook, then falls asleep while companions gather flowers and fruit.
The narrator falls asleep on an uninhabited fertile landing place and wakes to find himself alone with the ship gone.
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