Several tales in the One Thousand and One Nights, also known as the Arabian Nights, use this device to foreshadow what is going to happen, as a special form of literary prolepsis.
Nekoliko priča u Hiljadu i jednoj noći, takođe poznatoj po imenu Arapske noći, koriste ovo da predvide šta će se desiti kao poseban oblik književnog proricanja.