Morgiana

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Morgiana is a clever and resourceful slave girl in the tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" from The Arabian Nights, famed for outwitting the thieves and saving her master.

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Morgiana canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
linked to: Ali Baba

One Thousand and One Nights
linked to: The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights
appearsInGenre fantasy literature
folk tale
associatedWith Ali Baba
the phrase "Open Sesame" (through the Ali Baba story)
linked to: Ali Baba
characterTrait clever
loyal
resourceful
culturalRole archetype of the clever servant
example of female ingenuity in folklore
defeats the leader of the forty thieves
fictionalUniverse The Arabian Nights universe
linked to: The Arabian Nights
firstPopularizedBy French translation of One Thousand and One Nights by Antoine Galland
gender female
hasNameVariant Morgianna
Morgiána
linked to: Morgianna
killsBy pouring boiling oil on the hidden thieves
stabbing the captain of the thieves
knownFor courage
quick thinking
strategic planning
languageOfWork Arabic (original tradition)
laterAdaptedIn European translations of The Arabian Nights
literaryTradition Arabian Nights tales as transmitted in Europe
motive loyalty to her master
narrativeFunction foil to the greed and foolishness of others
notableFor outwitting the forty thieves
saving her master Ali Baba
occupation slave girl
originatesFrom Middle Eastern folklore
partOf the narrative cycle of Ali Baba
protects Ali Baba's secret of the thieves' treasure
linked to: Ali Baba
relationshipToAliBaba servant
rescues Ali Baba
Ali Baba's family
linked to: Ali Baba
rewardedBy Ali Baba
rewardType freedom (in many versions of the tale)
marriage into Ali Baba's family (in many versions)
servesAs servant of Ali Baba
storyRole heroine
protector of Ali Baba's household
thwarts the thieves' infiltration of Ali Baba's house
the thieves' plan to kill Ali Baba

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Forty Thieves antagonistOf Morgiana
subject linked to: forty thieves
Forty Thieves defeatedBy Morgiana
subject linked to: forty thieves
Forty Thieves killedBy Morgiana
subject linked to: forty thieves