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The Three Lovers
It is disturbing to me that the men slept on her ashes and
took her bones to be cleansed when she died and they cremated her body. These
stories are very dark. A mother threw her son in a fire to burn because he
wouldn’t quit crying? The monk brought his boy back to life with water and a
spell? I thought monks were religious, and magic was forbidden? The monk/lover
steals the book to bring Coral back to life, and this is also disturbing and
dark. The king decided this man was a father, not a husband. The man who took
the bones to the river was a son, not a husband. So, the husband is the man who
slept with her ashes. Why would the king answer the goblin if he always got
sent back to the tree?
Brave, Wise, Clever
Wise means he can discuss the past and future? It says
“though the giant was a terrible fighter” but tells about how the brave man killed
him easily. Why was this part necessary? I think the brave one should marry
her. The king agrees with me. I liked that he said the other two were sent to
help the brave man.
The Girl, Her Husband, and Her Brother
I thought it was funny that the father’s names were Spotless
and Clean-cloth. He went through all of that trouble to get married, and he
goes and cuts his head off? Then, his brother-in-law is so sad that he cuts off
his own head? What is wrong with these people?
Food, Women, Cotton
The brothers argues over who would carry the turtle because
they are all connoisseurs in completely irrelevant subjects? How do the
brothers smell smells that aren’t present? They forgot about their father and
stayed with the king? So much for family.
The Four Scientific Suitors
All the daughter wants it to be married to a good looking
young man who knows every aspect of one science. Is that all? I like Linguist
the best. But that’s just because I like animals. The king thinks she should
marry the Swordsman.
The Three Delicate Wives
I really like the names of the princesses - Crescent, Star,
and Moon. A flower petal fell onto Crescent’s lap and injured her? Some parts
of these stories just don’t make any sense at all. Star was burned by the
moonbeams? The king thinks the third wife is the most delicate because she
wasn’t touched by anything, but I think all of them are entirely too delicate.
The Snake’s Poison
I am confused as to what took his wife. After wandering for
a long time, a woman decided to feed him because he looked hungry. I liked this
because it is similar to southern hospitality. Why would she be responsible for
his death and be thought of as a murderer? They turned her out and sent her
away.
The Girl and the Thief
You would think a thief in a city would know what the king
looked like. I can’t believe the thief believed the king when he claimed to be
a thief himself. The thief killed an entire army? The king is a scientific
swordsman, from the previous story? The daughter decides to die with a thief
she has never met? Similar to Romeo and Juliet, in a way. The God gave her two
favors because she is faithful. She had not shown any faith in the entire
story. I liked the king’s explanation that the thief both wept and cried.
The General’s Wife
This story is full of manipulation. The king had such an
intense feeling of love at first sight, that he fainted. The name Passion suits
her well. There is something to be said about a man who will not act on
another’s wife, even if he is so in love with her. Why did the general kill
himself? The king’s explanation for the king in the story being better was
interesting. However, I still disagree with him. I don’t think that any answer
the king says to the goblin will be considered wrong.
The Four Brothers
The sciences they learn in this story are odd. I think the
most useful is the breath of life, I guess. Why would fate want them dead after
refusing to let the one brother commit suicide?
The Old Hermit
This story was interesting. He entered the body of the young
man through magic. Interesting.
Father and Son, Daughter and Mother
The king was killed very quickly in this story. I don’t
understand why men in these stories just assume they are going to marry any
female they find. I have long thought that the monk was up to no good. Well,
the goblin told the king that the monk is going to sacrifice him, confirming my
suspicions. Apparently the monk is trying to gain power over fairies.
Conclusion
What the goblin said was true. The monk tried to sacrifice
him. So, the king killed him. In return for obeying, the goblin and the God
Shiva gave him power over the whole world and he became king of the fairies, as
well.
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