Reading Notes: Twenty-Two Goblins, Part B
 |
| Tall Tree Photo by Josh Sukoff |
These are the stories that stook out to me the most during part B of my readings.
- In this story, the king must determine which person killed the Brahman, the snake, the hawk, or the woman who gave him the food or her husband. The kind answers correctly saying it was no one's fault but the Brahman's and the goblin jumps off and runs away again.
- This story I really liked a lot. The goblin had the king decide if the thief cried of laughed when he saw the merchant's daughter approaching him, and the king answered correctly saying he laughed from the astonishment of the situation, the girl loving a thief like himself.
- In this story, the goblin challenges the king to determine whether or not the king or the general in the story is more deserving of the girl, Passion. The king answers correctly and the goblin escapes once again, but the king is not discouraged.
Story Source: Twenty-Two Goblins, translation of the Sanskrit Vetālapañcaviṃśati by Arthur Ryder's
Comments
Post a Comment