Motif
captive woman lured by false celebration
captive_woman_lured_by_false_celebration
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Deceptive Speech, Voices, and False Claims. 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 5265-5370 confidence: high
The lady says she was once a merchant's wife, was invited by the old woman to a wedding, entered in rich dress with a purse of gold, and was kept there by force for three years.
The lady reports that the old woman invited her to a wedding, after which she was held by force in the house for three years.
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