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Analysis of Proverbs in The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

Dr. Dipak P. Ganmote

Abstract

The present paper analyzes proverbs in the four volumes of The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night otherwise popularly known as Arabian Nights. The purpose is to point out the cultural nuances and implied meaning of the proverbs. The stories are set in the Arabian context hence, they use different contexts to perform their proverbial function. The contexts, the culture, and the elements related to natural, social, and traditional aspects are different. Therefore, it becomes difficult to understand these proverbs. I have attempted to understand and interpret the proverbs in the best possible way. The analysis hopefully provides a better understanding of the proverbs used in these folktales.

Keywords: Arabian Nights, Folktales, One Thousand and One Nights, Proverbs

Introduction

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, popularly known as the Arabian Nights, is a collection of folktales written in the Arabic language. These folktales are famous all over the globe and have been translated into many languages. The first English-language edition of the book appeared during 1706–1721.

Many writers, translators, and literati of the Asian subcontinent from West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and North Africa have compiled these folktales. Some of these folktales indicate their origin in the literature of old and medieval Arabia, Sanskrit, Persia, and parts of modern Iraq. It is believed that most of these folktales were initially folk stories from the Abbasid and Mamluk eras.

All the editions of the Arabian Nights use the framing device which is a story within the story.

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Dr. Dipak P. Ganmote
Assistant Professor
SKN, Sinhgad College of Engineering
Pandharpur, Solapur, Maharashtra, India
dganmote09@gmail.com
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