Motif
rival good and bad counselors
rival_good_and_bad_counselors
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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 7010-7129 confidence: high
Zinebi has two vizirs: Khacan, kind and generous, and Saouy, gloomy, miserly, detested, and hostile to Khacan.
Khacan and Saouy are paired as vizirs with sharply opposed moral qualities and Saouy's jealousy of Khacan is emphasized.
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