Motif
magical vehicle with hidden controls
magical_vehicle_with_hidden_controls
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Wonder Objects and Marvelous Implements. 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 9805-9898 confidence: high
The prince mounts the horse, turns the peg without instruction, rises rapidly toward the sky, later finds another screw, turns it, and descends until he reaches the palace roof after midnight.
The horse has controls that the prince does not fully understand: one causes ascent and another permits descent.
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