Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Broken noninterference treaty between magical opponents

broken_noninterference_treaty_between_magical_opponents

A motif of the Covenant and Sacred Bond 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 2628-2737 confidence: medium

    Queen of Beauty calls out against the lion-shaped genius; he accuses her of breaking a treaty not to interfere with each other, and she replies that he broke it first.

    The lion-shaped genius accuses Queen of Beauty of breaking a treaty not to interfere, while she accuses him of breaking it first.

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