The Fisherman and the Jinni
An adaption from “The Fisherman and the Jinni” from The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Richard Burton. Burton's book is based on an Egyptian fable published in 1888.
"The Fisherman and the Jinni" contains 3 stories: The Fisherman and the Jinni, The Tale of the Wazir and Sage Duban, and King Sindibad and the Falcon.
An old fisherman stands in waist-deep water on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. After casting his net, struggles to pull it back to shore.
On the sandy shore, a massive jinni towers over the fisherman. The jinni's head touches the clouds. He has large hands with long nails "like pitchforks," teeth like "massive stones", eyes "fierce and menacing". Smoke trails from the bottle toward the jinni, where puffs of smoke surround his feet.
The fisherman, determined, has the bottle in hand, making a motion to throw it into the sea. He's happy to have tricked the jinni into the bottle, and threatening to throw him into the water. The jinni begins shouting, desperate to get out of the bottle.
Four fish inside the fisherman's net: one blue, one yellow, one red, one white. These fish appear as a blessing after the fisherman learns his lesson.
The ground below the jinni opens up and the Jinni leaps into the darkness.
The Tale of the Wazir and Sage Duban
In a small room in a palace, a healer named Duban bows before King Yunan, a Persian king, sitting on his throne. King Yunan also has Leprosy.
King Yunan is playing polo with a wooden mallet, visibly sweating. Duban, along with a few nobles and advisors, are watching in the distance.
At the palace, King Yunan, delighted, grateful, and cured of leprosy, shakes Yunan's hand firmly.
In the grand hall of the palace, King Yunan sits in a magnificent throne. An evil Wazir stands before King Yunan, who is sitting in his throne. The Tale of the Wazir points an accusatory finger at Duban. King Yunan is visibly annoyed at The Tale of the Wazir.
King Sindibad and the Falcon
King Sindibad's falcon wears a golden cup around her neck.
In the Vizier's dream, we see a tree crawling with vipers. Poison is dripping down the branches and trunk of the tree "like melted butter."
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