Motif
Marvelous objects transform a household garden
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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 11056-11168 confidence: high
Princess Parizade carries the cage into the garden; the bird sings and other birds join. She plants the branch, which becomes a great tree, and pours Golden Water into a marble basin, where it rises as a twenty-foot fountain.
The passage presents a singing bird, a branch that rapidly becomes a tree, and Golden Water that becomes a high fountain, all installed at the house and attracting visitors.
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