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I've always wondered this too(lemmy.world)

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I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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I thought the 3 wishes came from the story of the Monkey’s Paw

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splatt9990@lemmy.ml
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The monkey’s paw comes from a short story of the same name by W.W. Jacobs back in 1902. It seems the genie that grants three wishes dates all the way back to 1697 in “The Ridicuolous Wishes” by Charles Perrault.

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Akasazh@feddit.nl
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This is the most askhistorians moment on Lemmy for me, thus far, I would like to read your thesis.

Thnx!

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splatt9990@lemmy.ml
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Oh, I’m not a historian, that’s actually just a few vaguely informed wikipedia searches. The extent of my education on Islam and Islamic culture is just a world religions class back in HS.

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