Talk:Aladdin

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I didn't realise Jews were infallible:(although propagating negative stereotypes does no one any good)

The original full text includes a very antisemitic episode, usually omitted in the bowdlerized versions, in which the naïve Aladdin is cheated and exploited by a treacherous Jewish merchant, and is saved by the Jew's honest and upright Muslim competitor.

Surely these members of society are capable of committing crimes, fictional or not, no more or less evil than the rest. Is ANY depiction of a contemptuous black person an act of white supremacy?

Response: While there are those among any nationality or race who will commit wrong doings, they do not create these stereotypes. Rather the existence of a stereotype pushes individuals until they emulate it. This, in addition to the fact that it is perhaps a bit unnecessary to include nationality/religion/race with a criminal of certain practice. This inclusion seems to serve no narrative purpose other than to rally the reader, actively or passively against a common enemy. This is antisemitism in practice.

Still more Disney

For all its faults the (silly) Disney version of the story has been the "best-known" version since "that" cartoon came out. This very sad - since of course the storyline is not improved, not to mention other features - but it is patent fact, and, alas, not an opinion. A whole generation of (especially) Americans are in fact unaware of any other retelling, to the extent that historically this article has been frequestly edited to bring it into line with Disney. Most English speakers are aware of the difference between "best" and "best-known", one imagines. Soundofmusicals (talk) 08:35, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Origins in the Iliad

It seems reasonable to draw a connection between the genie trapped in the lamp and Ares trapped in the urn, but (1) we should cite a folklorist or similar drawing that connection, not just draw it ourselves, and (2) we don't (at least here) have evidence that that's where Hanna Diyab got the idea, directly or indirectly. Chronodm (talk) 19:11, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Title of the article

Is the title of this story Aladdin or Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp? The article title is at odds with what is given in the article itself. Xx78900 (talk) 08:49, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

The story is known as both the hero it's named after, and the hero and the marvellous object. Perhaps as a redirect? KHR FolkMyth (talk) 16:14, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Badroulbadour into Aladdin

Shows next to no notability, and is small enough to not necessarily need its own article, especially after at least the second paragraph would be cut out as redundant. Haven't had a chance to check that notability (hence me leaving all those tags earlier), so there may be room to expand instead, but in its current state I think this makes sense. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 18:47, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Agree Please go ahead and merge QuietHere Uhoj (talk) 23:45, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Where in the article do you intend to merge it? Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 21:58, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

  Y Merge completed Klbrain (talk) 19:39, 7 October 2025 (UTC)