Another character dropped in later versions is the second genie. The first we all know and love is the Genie of the Lamp. The second is not as well-known and is the slave of a magic ring which Aladdin receives from the evil magician.
There are many other differences too. You can read the full original story on our blog — here. Famous illustrators of the classic tale include H. Others artists include John D. Orr , Charles Robinson and Louis Rhead to name a few. You can find many of these illustrated editions in our bookshop, here. It evolved into enlightenment, documentaries, etc.
There is indeed, a rhyme to every reason. This paragraph gives clear idea in favor of the new users of blogging, that genuinely how to do running a blog. I am truly glad to read this webpage posts which carries lots of useful data, thanks for providing these data. Pingback: Even More Random Facts. Pingback: Whatever 1. In school as a boy we knew it as a story with Far East origins; it is somewhat disappointing yet not surprising that with time and Hollywood fervor the truth would reinvent itself.
Have you ever considered about adding a little bit more than just your articles? I mean, what you say is fundamental and everything. Your content is excellent but with pics and videos, this site could certainly be one of the best in its niche. Terrific blog! The name Alaadin is arabic and so is Ali baba… the tale even if originated somewhere else became arabic once it gained fame by the names chosen. The concepts of the story is also arabic despite what your article conveys.
The Jinn.. Additionally none of these concepts exist in China modern or ancient. However the 3 famous stories you mention in the article do exist in the oldest version of the arabic nights.
As Robert L. Mack mentions Aladdin and Ali Baba specifically here. I am intrigued to find out so many things are never true as they are told. Is this or could this be about 2 different races being mixed in together like animals are?
As a boy, I had a Caedmon record about Scheherezade, and found it fascinating. I am not sure if I knew Aladdin was from the Far East. I was delighted by the tale of Ali Baba. Thanks for this interesting background. I loved all of the stories and as a kid I took the idea of flight seriously or … magic! Thanks, do drop by the library here again! How interesting! Never knew Aladdin was Chinese. I own a copy of the Arabian Nights gifted to me by my mother when I was 10 years old.
My favorite was Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves! Is that an original Arabian Nights story? Originally from India, I grew up on a diet of the stories in this book. Your research is amazing and I already know I am a fan of your writing! Look forward to more. Thanks for the lovely comment! Did you know the young Dickens was also an avid reader of them? Many 19th-century writers were raised on them.
Having grown up watching the Disney movies, I guess I had my facts wrong… ; This post was an eye-opener :. Pingback: Scheherazade Maya. Ooh that is good — thanks for this! A super fact :. Yes it is supremacy or greatness , the extact word does not exist in english not that I know of Welcome.
Not long after I read this I was in a second-hand shop in Ely, NV and found a copy of nights from But I wanted to let you know that your post has ignited my curiosity.
Thanks for checking out the Library-A-Thon! Thanks, Emma! Glad to have reignited your interest in the Nights. That edition sounds fantastic — a Richard Burton translation? Well, you must admit Badroulbadour is a dreadful name. Thanks for the insight!
Reblogged this on One reader A thousand lives and commented: This article brought back some childhood memories and to think I never knew these things about Aladdin.
Fascinating insights. How do you find your sources when sleuthing out your posts? When I am researching I sometimes find it difficult to find primary sources.
I was writing a collection of kite tales and finding the original source often proved tedious. Very interesting and fascinating story! Thanks for sharing! And at the same time TA for stopping by my blog.. I love the Arabian Nights stories but more than the stories I love the music and art inspired by them.
Great stuff. I love The Arabian Nights, and have a gorgeous copy on my shelves that I was talking to the kids about the other day. Now I find I was wrong. Great results from your investigating work. I do like the Arabian Nights. And now you have made it a great topic for discussion.
While acknowledging that Galland added this tale to the original Arabian Nights collection, Anderson points out that some of the folktale motifs in the story have been around in European tradition for many centuries. For example, the ring of invisibility recovered from under the ground and the defeat of the rival suitor for the hand of the royal female are told about Gyges of Lydia by no less than Plato himself for the ring element as well as by Nicolaus of Damascus for the rival suitor motif.
Good question — first we know about it is the oral tale which Antoine Galland heard from an Arabian storyteller in the early eighteenth century. Will scout around and see if we can find out anything further, though….
All school kids know Aladdin was Chinese … and his mother was Widow Twanky. Or have I gone off on one again …. As for whether Americans understand the strange phenomenon of panto, I leave it open to our transatlantic comrades to answer… The comments floor is yours, American cousins! Disney did not have it right? I also wondered how Richard Burton could write so well between acting jobs and bouts of drinking!
You caught my attention again. Thoughtout time so much has been distorted. Touched by Genie's act, the two warmly embrace before returning to the palace to reveal Jafar's evil ways to Jasmine and the Sultan.
The latter doesn't seem to believe Aladdin's accusations, but the street rat notices peculiar lighting from Jafar's snake staff and destroys it. As it turns out, Jafar had been using the staff to control the Sultan, confirming his treachery and having him warranted for arrest, though he escapes. As Aladdin and Jasmine comfort one another, the Sultan realizes the two have fallen in love, with Jasmine confirming that she has chosen Ali as her suitor.
The Sultan declares that the two will be wed at once, and appoints Ali as the heir to his throne. Though initially excited, Aladdin quickly finds himself struck with extreme guilt, feeling unworthy of such an honor, as well as Jasmine's love, due to his lies.
The next day, Aladdin is notably downhearted. The Genie happily appears from the lamp and congratulates Aladdin on winning the heart of the princess, expecting Aladdin to wish for his freedom. Aladdin explains that the Sultan wishes to dub him as the heir to the throne, though he feels unworthy of such an honor due to the fact that he's been living a lie.
He also expresses ill confidence in being able to maintain the facade without Genie's assistance, ultimately confessing that he won't be able to wish the latter free. Genie, feeling betrayed, retires to his lamp in a huff. Aladdin angrily berates Genie's lack of support, but soon comes to his senses and realizes how selfish he's been acting after unintentionally taking his anger at Genie out on Abu and Carpet, who had been watching the argument.
After a moment of thought, he decides to tell Jasmine the truth but is lured away from Genie's lamp by Iago, imitating Jasmine's voice. During his absence, Iago steals the lamp.
Aladdin manages to find Jasmine near the main gate and tries to reveal the truth, but is interrupted and thrown in front of a crowd of joyous subjects who have gathered to celebrate his engagement to Jasmine. Just then, Agrabah comes under attack due to Jafar becoming the Genie's new master.
When the Genie uproots the palace, Aladdin signals to the Carpet so that he can fly over to the Genie to try to stop him, but to no avail, as Genie apologizes to Aladdin, saying he serves a new master now. When Jafar confronts Jasmine, Aladdin rushes to her defense, but Jafar exposes Aladdin's true identity as a street rat, undoing Genie's spell and turning Aladdin's prince disguise back into his street clothes.
Aladdin is then separated from Jasmine by Jafar, who traps him, Abu who has been transformed back into a monkey by Jafar into a tower that is sent flying to the ends of the earth. Aladdin and Abu end up near an arctic wasteland and are almost killed, but with the help of Carpet who followed them as they were cast away , they return to Agrabah to stop Jafar.
Aladdin infiltrates the palace, where he is reunited with Genie. Though Genie warns Aladdin that he is unable to help, Aladdin closes in on the lamp nevertheless. Jasmine, meanwhile, seduces and distracts Jafar to buy Aladdin time, though the evil sorcerer catches onto the scheme soon enough when he spots Aladdin via the reflection in Jasmine's crown. Jasmine is imprisoned in an hourglass that is rapidly filling with sand, while Abu and Carpet are also rendered immobile during the fight.
Aladdin struggles to grab hold of the lamp, but it is ultimately retrieved by Jafar, who transforms into a giant cobra to battle him. As Jafar lunges to kill, Aladdin tries to save Jasmine but is eventually trapped within Jafar's coils. As Jafar mocks Aladdin's lack of power without the Genie, an idea comes to mind; Aladdin declares that Jafar isn't as powerful as he wants to believe, as it is Genie who is truly the most powerful being in the universe, as he gave Jafar his power in the first place, and can take it away as well.
Mad for more power, Jafar uses his final wish to become a genie himself, though Aladdin reveals this to be a horrible decision, as the sorcerer is now forced to spend all eternity within a lamp prison with "itty bitty living space". With Jafar trapped, Aladdin hands the lamp over to Genie, who flings it to the Cave of Wonders for a minimum of 10, years of imprisonment.
Aladdin apologizes to Jasmine for lying about being a prince, though she quickly forgives him out of understanding. Aladdin then prepares to bid farewell, even though Jasmine declares that she loves him. The Genie, now willing to sacrifice his freedom, offers to make Aladdin a prince again; Aladdin instead declares that he must stop pretending to be something other than himself and wishes for the Genie's freedom, much to the latter's shock.
Genie warmly thanks Aladdin for his compassion, stating that the latter will always be a prince in his eyes due to his selfless heart. The Sultan, having also witnessed Aladdin's bravery, agrees with Genie and subsequently decrees that Jasmine may marry whomever she deems worthy. The overjoyed princess ecstatically chooses Aladdin, and their engagement is set. With their fates tied, Aladdin, with Jasmine in tow, waves goodbye to Genie as he takes advantage of his newfound freedom by journeying to see the world.
Aladdin and Jasmine are last seen during a celebration honoring their engagement, singing a reprise of "A Whole New World" as they ride off into the night upon the Magic Carpet with the Genie in the moon gleefully watching over them.
After saving Agrabah from Jafar and being hailed as a hero, Aladdin is now engaged to Jasmine and spends most of his time taking back jewels and riches from sinister thieves and giving them to the unfortunate inhabitants of Agrabah, despite Abu's objections. One is a gift for Jasmine, and their love is stronger than ever. During a stroll in the city, Aladdin and Abu encounter Iago, Jafar's parrot, who tortured the Sultan during Jafar's reign.
He lies to Aladdin, claiming he was mesmerized by Jafar's snake staff. Aladdin ignores these claims and chases Iago right before he was attacked by Abis Mal, the thief, for his earlier theft of Abis Mal's loot. Iago accidentally saves Aladdin by dropping barrels on the villains. Aladdin now feels like he owes Iago for saving his life, so as a reward, Aladdin must try to convince the Sultan to pardon Iago and his stay with them. That night, Genie returns, and Aladdin is given the opportunity to become the Royal Vizier, Jafar's old position.
Aladdin tries to explain Iago's situation, but instead, Iago fumbles in being pursued by Rajah, having the Sultan and Jasmine believe Aladdin was hiding a villain from them, possibly as a sign of switching sides. Sultan commands Aladdin to watch over the parrot, and Jasmine becomes furious as she was hoping Aladdin wouldn't lie to her again. Iago uses reverse psychology on Jasmine to remind her why she fell in love with Aladdin in the first place, reuniting the two.
Meanwhile, Jafar has been freed from his lamp, courtesy of Abis Mal, and forces a reluctant Iago to use his newfound friendship with Aladdin to his advantage as part of his revenge against the street rat.
After Iago persuades the Sultan and Aladdin to go for a flight with him, Jafar kidnaps the Sultan and leaves Aladdin unconscious. When he wakes up, he trudges all the way back to Agrabah.
When he returns, Aladdin finds himself under arrest for the murder of the Sultan. Jafar, in the disguise of Jasmine, had tricked Razoul and the other guards into believing Aladdin murdered him, resulting in his imprisonment and death sentence, much to his surprise. While all this is happening, Jasmine, Genie, Abu, and Magic Carpet have all been captured and imprisoned. The next day as Aladdin is led to the place of beheading, he sees Jasmine again, thinking that she has changed her mind. But to his horror, he sees it is really Jafar mocking him one last time.
He tries to tell the guards what is going on but is gagged with a head covering. However, in the nick of time, a guilt-ridden Iago frees Genie, saving Aladdin from being beheaded and releasing the others.
Though furious with Iago's apparent betrayal, Jasmine explains how he rescued them, and Aladdin is grateful. Knowing that Jafar has been behind all these misfortunes, Aladdin decides that they have to stop him once and for all. Genie mentions that Jafar's main weakness is his lamp; if the lamp was destroyed, Jafar would be destroyed with it. Iago fearing for his own life decides not to participate, and Aladdin kindly lets him go. The group then battles Jafar, trying to get his lamp, but to no avail.
Jafar then traps Aladdin in a pit of lava and gloats on how he will get rid of him for good. When it seems that he is succeeding, Iago unexpectedly comes to the rescue. Though Jafar fatally wounds the parrot, Iago manages to kick his lamp into the lava, which results in Jafar violently imploding into a cloud of dust, destroying him for good. Agrabah is saved once more, and Iago is welcomed by Aladdin and his friends into their family.
Aladdin turns down the Sultan's offer of becoming his Royal Vizier, saying that he wants to go off to see the world. Jasmine takes his hand and agrees to go with him, much to the disappointment of Iago, who had hoped to be given a special position in the palace. An animated series was created for The Disney Afternoon which aired from to , based on the original feature. The series picked up where The Return of Jafar left off, with Aladdin still living on the streets of Agrabah, engaged to Jasmine.
Aladdin spends most of his days battling monsters, searching for treasure, and keeping the city safe. Now that the greedy Iago is a friend, Aladdin is often persuaded to go hunt for treasure by the parrot. He serves as a laid back, loyal hero although he can sometimes be coincided into believing he is the best at being a hero and can get the group out of any situation although this is all true. Sometimes he can be self-absorbed. A perfect example of this is in the episode "Getting the Bugs Out" where there was trouble several times and instead of battling himself, Genie and Carpet did all the work and Aladdin took all the credit.
At one point in the series, Aladdin rescues a local street-rat named Sadira. Unfortunately, Sadira falls in love with Aladdin upon being rescued by him. This leads Sadira to concoct a few villainous schemes in an attempt to break apart Aladdin and Jasmine and gain Aladdin's love. After her schemes fail, however, Sadira ultimately reforms, joining Aladdin and friends' team. Another episode showcases a similar incident where a conniving mermaid named Saleen falls in love with Aladdin and attempts to imprison Jasmine undersea or making Aladdin her slave.
Unlike Sadira however, Saleen does not reform. Some of Aladdin's past is revealed throughout the series. It is revealed that he met Abu when the monkey was working for a corrupt group of circus performers. It is also learned that Aladdin had a childhood friend named Amal who mysteriously vanished. Years after his disappearance, Aladdin learns that Amal was kidnapped and turned into a ferocious beast via the dark magic of Mirage.
Aladdin rescues his friend, and Amal decides to leave Agrabah to make something of himself. Aladdin appears in every episode of the series except for " Rain of Terror " albeit mentioned only. Aladdin and Jasmine are finally getting married. Everyone is flocking to Agrabah to be part of the "wedding of the century" but while Jasmine, Genie, and Agrabah's inhabitants are all excited, Aladdin is downhearted.
Genie, Abu, and Iago find him at his former hideaway in the streets where he takes out a dagger that belonged to his father whom he believes has died long ago.
Aladdin explains to Genie that he never had a father to prepare him for a family and feels that after all that has happened, he still isn't prepared. Genie gives Aladdin confidence and they head to the ceremony. The ceremony proceeds flawlessly at first, but just at the finale, a band of thieves antagonizes a herd of elephants to stampede the palace.
Jasmine, Genie, Carpet, and Iago battle the intruders, and Aladdin grapples with their leader. Aladdin learns he is fighting the legendary King of Thieves, and they are trying to steal one particular gift given to Aladdin and Jasmine.
The villains retreated after Genie gets the upper hand and the gift is still in Aladdin's possessions. The gift is a scepter that unleashes a magical Oracle. The Oracle has seen "all that has been and all that will be" and knows the answer to any question that could be asked and reveals that Aladdin's father, Cassim, is alive.
Upon hearing this, Aladdin falls into uncertainty before finally deciding to know why his father abandoned him as a child. After being told where his father is by the Oracle, he, Carpet, Abu, and Iago ride off to the lair of the Forty Thieves to meet his father. Once inside, he is shocked to learn that his father is the King of Thieves before being captured and forced to face execution.
The only way to save himself and his friends was to battle one of the thieves. Aladdin battles Sa'Luk and is nearly killed, but he kicks Sa'Luk off a cliff into the ocean and Sa'Luk is pronounced dead. Aladdin is praised and becomes a member of the gang, but Aladdin cares nothing about this and instead presses on in his pursuit to know the story of his father. He learns that Cassim left to find a means to provide a better life for Aladdin and his mother after which, Aladdin decides to bring his father into the palace and introduces him to Genie and the others.
Overnight Iago convinces Cassim to rob the royal treasury and is arrested when discovered. Aladdin is just as furious as the Sultan and Cassim and Iago are sent to prison for life.
That same night Aladdin breaks his father and Iago free and although Cassim implores him to flee the city with him, Aladdin instead returns to Agrabah to face the consequences. The Sultan understands why Aladdin did what he did and forgives him but Aladdin is still ashamed of his father's ways. Back at the lair, Sa'Luk is revealed to be alive and taken control of the thieves during Cassim's absence. Iago and Cassim are captured but Iago breaks free to warn Aladdin.
At first, Aladdin doesn't care about Cassim's fate, but Genie suggests to him that just because his father made bad decisions, doesn't mean Aladdin needs to as well. After Jasmine backs up Genie's words, Aladdin decides not to be as stubborn as his father and decides to go to his rescue. Aladdin and company follow the Forty Thieves out across the ocean in their quest for the Hand of Midas.
With the help of the Oracle, now in possession of the thieves, they discover the Vanishing Isle where the treasure lies. Jasmine and the others battle the brigands, while Aladdin reunites with his father, and they both hurry inside to look for the treasure. As they arrive in an enormous cavern where the treasure is, the giant turtle on which the island rests starts to dive and they climb to higher ground. Aladdin leaps out to the floating platform and retrieves the Hand of Midas, but just as he tosses it to Cassim, Sa'luk appears and threatens to kill Aladdin if Cassim does not give him the Hand of Midas.
Cassim tosses it to Sa'luk, but not knowing about its powers, Sa'luk is turned to gold by the hand. Aladdin and Cassim escape to the roof where Cassim states his regret that the Hand of Midas nearly cost him his son, his real treasure. Cassim chucks the hand out to sea, where it lands on the thieves' boat, causing it to sink.
With everyone accounted for, Aladdin and company return to the palace for the wedding. Aladdin and Jasmine finally marry, bid Cassim and his new travel sidekick Iago farewell, and leave for their honeymoon. Aladdin with Hercules in " Hercules and the Arabian Night ". Aladdin appears in the episode " Hercules and the Arabian Night ".
In the episode, Jafar is revived by Hades and the villains' plot to use each other's abilities to eliminate their enemies. Hades sends his lackeys: Pain and Panic , to battle Aladdin. During a carpet ride, Pain and Panic arrive and morph into beasts to battle Aladdin and anger his wife Jasmine. Confused by the unknown creatures, Aladdin tricks them into rubbing Genie's lamp, having Genie punch the villains out of the Arabian parallel world and back to the Underworld.
Later on, Abu goes missing, and Hercules is said to be the kidnapper. After leaving Greece parallel to the Arabian town, Hercules himself arrives in Agrabah to battle Aladdin.
After a rampage through the city, Hercules blames Aladdin for the kidnapping of his friend Icarus. Aladdin denies the claim, and the heroes begin to rethink their anger towards one another. Hercules believes it was Jafar who is behind the scheme, but Aladdin thinks not since he and Jasmine still believe Jafar is dead. However, Hercules and his trainer Phil explain that Jafar attacked them earlier that day. The heroes then realize that Jafar had to have teamed up with Hades and the two travel to the Underworld to save their friends.
In the Underworld, Jafar attacks Aladdin, who reveals to be Hercules in disguise, while Aladdin was disguised as Hercules. This gives Aladdin a chance to grab Jafar's staff and passes it to Herc, who destroys it, thus killing Jafar once more.
Once the villains were defeated, Aladdin and Hercules bid farewell, and Aladdin assures Hercules that he will become a great hero someday.
He is featured as a guest in the House of Mouse. A recurring gag in the series involves Aladdin stealing one of the guests' loaf of bread, notably Jafar's. Aladdin can also be seen with Jasmine and Genie during the headcount of all the Disney character guests in that same episode. In " Rent Day ", Aladdin was part of Mickey's borrow and exchange trade, telling him he'd give Cinderella a ride home on Carpet if Mickey manages to find a red rose for Jasmine.
In " House of Crime ", Aladdin accuses Jafar of stealing his lamp right after Jafar accuses him of stealing bread. He is briefly seen kissing Jasmine in " Goofy's Valentine Date ". Aladdin is also one of the many guests to be snowed in the club on Christmas Eve night in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse , and can be seen singing with Jasmine during the finale song.
He notably makes a prominent cameo at the end of Mickey's House of Villains , in which he helps Mickey defeat Jafar by tossing him the genie's lamp. In the Dalmatians: The Series episode " Home is Where the Bark Is ", Aladdin's silhouette can be seen as one of the passengers of a subway train the Dalmatians ride on. In it, they are interrupted in the middle of the " A Whole New World " sequence by the protagonist Stitch. Stitch flirts with Jasmine, and she drives off with him in his spaceship, leaving Aladdin sitting alone on the carpet, yelling at Stitch to "get his own movie".
This was a non-speaking role. Aladdin is a former thief and was known as the Savior before Emma Swan became it. After helping her, he is told by Princess Jasmine that he is to be the Savior of Agrabah by defeating Jafar. After Princess Jasmine leaves, he is confronted by Jafar who tells him that in the end, he will die as the Savior.
Jafar gives Aladdin a pair of scissors as a way to remove himself as the Savior, but Aladdin chooses to not do so. At some point, Aladdin befriended a genie and was able to free him from his lamp. Sometime later, Aladdin takes refuge in a hideout cottage somewhere in the desert following a hand tremor and is taken care of by the Oracle.
One day, he is visited by a man from a kingdom in Agrabah, seeking help from Aladdin to defeat a great evil. Moments later, Jafar walks into the cottage where he kills the man and knocks out the Oracle. After he mocks Aladdin on his role as the Savior, Aladdin asks Jafar to kill him. Jafar, however, refuses to do so and wishes to see him without a happy ending as Jafar claims that saviors do not get happy endings.
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