Myths and Legends of the World

Aladdin

Aladdin, a character from the folktales of Persiaancient land in southwestern Asia, including much of present-day Iran and Afghanistan, appears in the collection of stories known as the Thousand and One Nights (or the Arabian Nights). Legends from Europe to China often contained characters like Aladdin—ordinary people who came into possession of magical devices and through them acquired wealth and power. Aladdin's magical tools were a ring and a lamp that controlled supernaturalrelated to forces beyond the normal world; magical or miraculous beings known as genies.spirit that serves the person who summons it

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