WHAT'S THE ORIGIN OF GENIE IN A LAMP?

 

C and I were chatting the other night and Aladdin and Genies came up and we wondered just where this tale came from. Check out this article (long read):

https://writinginmargins.weebly.com/home/why-is-aladdins-genie-inside-a-lamp#:~:text=In%20the%20story%20of%20%22Aladdin,an%20even%20more%20powerful%20genie.