Scheherazade
Born c. 800
Storyteller who frames the One Thousand and One Nights.
Scheherazade is a storyteller from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Storyteller
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Born
- c. 800
From the same age of legend
- Aladdin Born c. 800, folk hero
- Dede Korkut Born c. 800, legendary bard
- Sinbad the Sailor Born c. 800, legendary sailor
Portrait: Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Public domain.