Motif
Coveted concealed ointment more desired than treasure
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A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8605-8711 confidence: medium
The dervish takes a small wooden box of special ointment from a chased golden vase, hides it, then repeats the fire, perfume, and spell so the rock closes.
The dervish hides a wooden box of special ointment, and after gaining all the camels the narrator suspects it may be more precious than the rest and asks for it.
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