Motif
feigned madness to avoid unwanted marriage
feigned_madness_to_avoid_unwanted_marriage
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Staged Deceptions and Feigned Conditions. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10098-10194 confidence: high
The princess decides to feign madness rather than break faith with the Prince of Persia; she speaks absurdities and makes strange gestures, and the Sultan leaves her with her women.
The princess decides to feign madness rather than break faith with the Prince of Persia by consenting to the Sultan of Cashmere's marriage plan.
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10098-10194 confidence: high
Attendants and the Sultan try to revive the princess; after recovering, she decides to feign madness rather than break faith with the Prince of Persia, using absurd speech and strange gestures.
The princess deliberately simulates madness rather than consent to marriage with the Sultan of Cashmere and break faith with the Prince of Persia.
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