The Fisherman and the Jinnee" is a tale from Muslim folklore. It is a frame story within "The Thousand and One Nights", which is a collection of folktales from the 14th to the 9th century.A fisherman is fishing on the shores in an attempt to catch fish for his wife and kids. On his forth cast, he reels in a golden lamp. He polishes it off only to have a Jinnee magically appear from it. The Jinnee atttempts to kill the fisherman, but is eventually tricked to go back into the lamp.The way all this story is intertwined says a lot about how integral storytelling and tradition was to this culture, and how much could be expressed through anecdotes and experiences. The prince gains an ally by telling his story, and the fisherman convinces the jinni
