Motif
Disguise as wandering calender to evade enemies
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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Identity Disguises and Concealed Status. 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 1972-2079 confidence: high
For safety the narrator shaves his beard and eyebrows, dresses as a calender, avoids towns, reaches the realm of Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, and intends to seek help and protection in Bagdad.
The narrator shaves his beard and eyebrows, adopts calender dress, and travels without being recognized.
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