Motif
secret night abduction by sea
secret_night_abduction_by_sea
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Forbidden and Transgressive Love. 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 6891-7008 confidence: high
The captain hastily provisions the ship, sails back toward the Island of Idolaters, avoids the harbor, anchors at a distance, and lands at night with six sailors near Camaralzaman's cottage.
Camaralzaman is seized at night by sailors, taken by boat to a ship, and carried to another kingdom.
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