![]() The Sultan is referred to as such and not in Chinese terms as “the Emperor,” and other characters are clearly also Muslim, not Buddhist or Confucians, as their dialogue is filled with devout Muslim remarks and platitudes. ![]() The assumption of a Middle Eastern origin comes mainly from the character names, like Princess Badroulbadour, which means “full moon of full moons” in Arabic. Galland’s tale isn’t even set in the Middle East - it’s actually set in a Chinese city, and Aladdin is not an orphan but a poor Chinese boy living with his mother, with the only other location mentioned in the story being Maghreb, North Africa, where the sorcerer is from. According to Galland’s diaries, he had heard the story from a Syrian scholar in Aleppo - but no one has actually been able to find an original Arabic source for it. The story of “Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp” didn’t even appear in the collection until French translator Antoine Galland added it in 1710. The stories are not just Arabic tales, but also have roots in Persian, Mesopotamian, Indian, Jewish and Egyptian folklore and literature. Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLights įireworks: Believe.Aladdin first appeared in One Thousand and One Nights, a famous collection of Middle Eastern folk tales from the Islamic Golden Age (between the 8th and 13th Century) which was first translated into English, and renamed the Arabian Nights, over 400 years later.Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! Street Party. ![]() The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) Įntertainment: Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular.Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King.Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams.Aladdin and the King of Thieves ( video/ soundtrack).Aladdin and Wazoo see that Jasmine still has a rat tail and Wazoo realizes that Jasmine belongs to Aladdin since he's a street rat. He takes Jasmine to Genie and the jinn turns her and Iago back to normal.Īladdin asks the princess what happened to her, but she's still angry at him, leaving Aladdin confused and takes her father inside the palace to tell him what happened. Rajah is about to attack Jasmine, since he hates rats, but then he recognizes her smell. Jasmine and Iago show up to try to grab the lamp. It's nighttime and the palace is having a banquet. Jasmine and Iago use this cart to get back to the palace. They see a merchant's cart filled with watermelons. They then see a hungry family and Jasmine gives them a watermelon. Jasmine and Iago are on their way back to the palace, but run into some obstacles, such as Farouk and a customer. Aladdin says that she'll show up when she's hungry. Aladdin and the Sultan are wondering where Jasmine is and the Sultan suggests that if she doesn't show up, they'll just start the banquet without her. Jasmine then suggests that she and Iago get to the palace to get to Genie themselves.Īt the palace garden, everyone is about to have a banquet. Wazoo tells Aladdin to get rid of the rat, so Aladdin flings her onto a nearby vendor stand. When she gets to Aladdin, she tries to tell him what happened, but all he hears are squeaks. Jasmine believes that Aladdin will still recognize her in her rat form and suggests that they go to him so he can get Genie out of his lamp to change them back to normal. Jasmine and Iago see Aladdin with Genie, Abu, and Wazoo. The two get to the mirror to wish themselves back to normal, but unfortunately the mirror is broken.Īt the palace garden, the Sultan makes Aladdin take Wazoo to see the marketplace. Suddenly, the mirror glows blue and turns Jasmine into a rat and Iago into a lizard. A blind man suddenly appears and tells Jasmine that "those who do wrong may find themselves in mysterious forces." A few minutes later, Jasmine looks at herself in the mirror and says that she is a street rat, while Iago sarcastically remarks "If you're a street rat, then I'm a frilled lizard". When Iago tells Jasmine that she doesn't know what stealing is, the princess takes a mirror to show the parrot how easy it is to steal. ![]() Jasmine and Iago are at the streets of Agrabah in the thieves' quarter. Angered by this, Jasmine decides to prove to Aladdin that she knows a lot about the real world. When Jasmine angrily asks Aladdin what he has in common with rats, Aladdin tells her that she wouldn't know because she doesn't know what it's like to be a street rat and because she is a princess. When Wazoo pulls out his dagger to kill the rat, Aladdin rescues it and sets it free. A rat falls and lands on his hands and tries to attack him. Prince Wazoo, a snooty, rude, stuck-up suitor for Jasmine, visits the palace. ![]()
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