Reading Notes: Twenty-Two Goblins, Part B

Bibliography: Twenty-Two Goblins, translated by Arthur W. Ryder

Caption: The King of the Fairy's

Link: http://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Twenty-Two-Goblins/Arthur-W-Ryder/9781625588869

Notes: 

Something I didn't catch/mention in the notes for part A is that the story mentions how the king never wavered in his task. The story hinges on his continuing to answer and get the goblin again and again, and instead of tiring, the king keeps on without discouragement. 

This type of storytelling uses a lot of metaphoric/descriptive character naming. Hariswami means Lion/One of the names of Vishnu + male hindu religious teacher. Many of the lady names were Beautiful, Moonlight, or something along those lines. There was also a name of Clean-Cloth...? Very interesting. 

Also, it was the luck of the draw whether the story the goblin told ended in death or happily ever after. There really wasn't any in-between.

Reading Notes: Twenty-Two Goblins, Part A

Bibliography: Twenty-Two Goblins, translated by Arthur W. Ryder

Caption: A Book of Riddles

Link: https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/twenty-two-goblins/used/

Notes: 

This book is riddled with tales for a brave king. Each story comes with an ending and a choice. The king must speak regardless, however, for if he knows yet does not speak, his head will explode. How about that?

A story based upon this one would most certainly require a decision to be made on the part of the reader/listener. It doesn't have to involve a monk and a king or even a goblin. The story would just require some thinking.