In the story about Aladdin that I read in an old edition of 1001 Nights books the genie never restricted the number of wishes in the first place. I think that was introduced by Disney. Many <i>other</i> stories restrict wishes to three, but that one did not.
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Infinite wishes are a good compensation for most of them being misunderstood.
_If_ you survive the misunderstanding to ask again 😛
Yep, it’s official, he’s just that stupid.
I wonder what would happen if a person’s *first* wish is that the genie forever forgets how to count the number of wishes as they are used?
0.o
This. This is exactly what happens. And perhaps exactly what happened.
In the story about Aladdin that I read in an old edition of 1001 Nights books the genie never restricted the number of wishes in the first place. I think that was introduced by Disney. Many <i>other</i> stories restrict wishes to three, but that one did not.
The 3 wishes idea far predates Disney. I do believe it was in the 1001 Arabian Nights tales in at least some translations.