Motif
love at first sight and reciprocal response
love_at_first_sight_and_reciprocal_response
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Bride Contest and Suitor Trials. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9805-9898 confidence: high
The Princess of Bengal, struck by the prince’s beauty, cannot sleep and asks her women whether the prince has all he wants and what they think of him.
The princess’s wakefulness, adornment, and blush accompany the prince’s declaration that his heart was hers from the first moment he saw her.
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