Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Reading Diary Week Seven: Japanese Fairy Tales

My Lord Bag of Rice

  • A man wanted to go out a find an adventure/prove his masculinity
  • He came across a dragon but was not afraid nor did he try and kill it since it was sleeping and posing no threat
  • The dragon then changed form to human and requested his help in killing the enemy
  • He said yes thinking it would be a great adventure and killed the enemy with creativity (human saliva)
  • The dragon king gave him gifts that could not be used up ever and he became very wealthy
The Golden Boy
  • A woman was forced to live in the woods after her husband died and his enemies kicked her and her unborn boy out
  • The boy become very strong and well acquainted with the animals
  • One day a general saw him and his great strength and recruited him to be a samurai
  • He became the biggest hero in the land and brought his mother back to the city and cared for her
The Man who did not wish to die
  • A man was afraid of death and went in search of eternal life
  • He prayed to a God that could supposedly grant him that
  • The God put him in a dream and showed him what it would be like to live for hundreds of years
  • The man realized he did not desire to live forever and he would prosper in his life by being a good soul
Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1908)
Bird that transports you to eternal life

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