He asked for, and received a magnificent palace and the permission to marry the sultan's, or king's, daughter. The génies offered to fulfill Aladdin's every wish. He also discovered he could summon them by rubbing the lamp. Through a series of accidents, Aladdin discovered that rubbing the ring brought forth powerful génies, or magic spirits who take human form and serve the person who calls them. The sorcerer blocked the entry to the cave, imprisoning Aladdin within. Aladdin found the lamp, but he refused to give it to the sorcerer until he was outside the cave. Before Aladdin went inside the cave, the sorcerer gave him a ring that would protect him against evil. A sorcerer, or wizard, tricked him into entering a treasure-filled cave to seize a magical lamp.

Aladdin's magical tools were a ring and a lamp that controlled supernatural beings known as génies.Īladdin was the lazy, irresponsible son of a poor tailor. Legends from Europe to China often contained characters like Aladdin, that is, ordinary people who came into possession of magical devices and used them to gain wealth and power. Aladdin (pronounced uh-LAD-in) appears in the collection of stories known as The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (or the Arabian Nights).

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