What is the significance of a roc's egg in the original Aladdin by Scheherazade?

Answer 1

It symbolized how vain the Magician was in how the woman convinced him to want to hang a roc's egg in his palace.

Answer 2

In the original Aladdin story from "Arabian Nights," a roc's egg is significant because it contains the magical lamp that Aladdin finds inside the cave. The roc's egg acts as a container for the lamp that grants Aladdin extraordinary powers and leads to the unfolding of the tale's adventures.