Motif
arrival of stranger through guarded threshold
arrival_of_stranger_through_guarded_threshold
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9805-9898 confidence: medium
The prince mounts the horse, turns the peg without instruction, rises rapidly toward the sky, later finds another screw, turns it, and descends until he reaches the palace roof after midnight.
The prince arrives on the palace roof, descends a staircase, passes sleeping eunuch guards, and reaches the curtain before the princess’s doorway.
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