Motif
beggar gains access to a generous house
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A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5372-5483 confidence: high
The story of the barber's sixth brother begins: Schacabac inherits one hundred silver drachmas, loses them, becomes a beggar, and uses his smooth tongue and manners to approach servants in large houses.
Schacabac becomes a beggar, cultivates servants, enters a splendid Barmecide mansion, and is directed to the master for alms.
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