Reading Notes: China



Rapunzel is a modernized version of The Maiden who was stolen away.
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  • The Little Hunting Dog
    • Sound sensitive
    • Two inch nights riding grasshoppers
    • Hunting dogs killing everything that’s small
    • Hunting dog was the only thing left over
    • Dog didn't want to leave, just wanted to hunt in the room
    • Scholar can no sleep since dog eats all the k  nats and flies
    • Scholar accidentally killed the dog when he woke up
    • Maybe do an ant man story
  • Fox- Fire
    • Farmer on a quest to find crystal ball
    • Climbed wall found fox breathing fire
    • Farmer stole and swallowed ball of fire
    • Farmer could not be invisible, see ghosts and have intercourse with the spirit-world, and could plead for people's sins
    • Fox came back and stole the fire from the farmer once he was a wealthy man
  • Flying Ogre
    • Tree was a thousand feet high and many cords in breadth
    • Hollow on the inside and you could see the sky shining down into it form above
    • Girl in a red coat
    • Monk only lied once and gave into knight with a golden bow
    • Orge was shot in the sky and it rained blood
  • The Maiden who was Stolen Away
    • Summer
    • Courtyard
    • She was stuck in the tower until she married the student -- Rapunzel
    • Found out he was an Orge
    • Got the wander's attention by throwing down old clothes
    • Brother struck the Orge with an Ax
    • Climbed up the stairs with other villagers and rescued her with a ladder

Bibliography: The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).

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