According to Theodor Nöldeke, al-Tabari's story is derived from the Greek tale of Scylla and her father Nisos.[5] Some consider it as a Middle Eastern version of the Tarpeia theme.[2] The theme of Al-Nadirah's legend was used in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea"[8] and Ahmed Shawqi's Waraqat al-As (The Myrtle Leaf).[9]