Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Abundant island garden with concealed danger

abundant_island_garden_with_concealed_danger

A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamicate folklore

  • The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4190-4274 confidence: medium

    The narrator reaches steep rocky shores and finds an island that seems like a garden, with green turf, trees laden with flowers and fruit, and a crystal stream.

    The island is described as full of trees, flowers, fruit, and a crystal stream, but within it the narrator encounters the old man who enslaves him as a bearer.

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