Scheherazade and the Art of Weaving a Tale

What we can learn from the world’s greatest storyteller

Martina Petkova
The Writing Cooperative
8 min readAug 17, 2020

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Scheherazade and The Art of Weaving a Tale: What we can learn from the world’s greatest storyteller.
Scheherazade und the Sultan | Painting by Ferdinand Keller, 1880 | Wikimedia Commons

Once upon a time, a Persian King who had been betrayed by his wife decided to exact revenge on all women. He would marry a virgin and, after their wedding night, have her beheaded. The next night, he would repeat this with another virgin. Three thousand virgins died as his wives but his blood-thirst…

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In my Medium writing, I explore the human psyche, our many contradictions, mental health, & the signs and causes of abuse. I also write about racism.