Sunday, February 19, 2017

Reading Notes: Chiness Fairy Tales, Part A

The Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck
See, I am going to be really cruel here, just because I can. I am going to keep the entire first part of the story, just the way it is. Princess has bad luck-sees the beggar blessed by luck- marries beggar and is shunned by father- beggar goes to seek fortune and then returns to retake his bride. Only in my story- he comes back to find her body instead of her or comes back to find her at her last breath. Utterly heartbroken he takes he and preserves her body and has this elaborate funeral..thousands of years latter the man is forgotten and her body is worshiped as a goddess.  He was favored in life- and she in death.

The Cave of the Beasts
The daughters have to take the place of the wolf and fox as the protectors of the cave because they killed them- Daughters transform in to deities, beautiful and powerful. When the  father comes to take them they can only leave at night or they vanish into morning mist or perspective animals  until the next night. so they grow up somewhat wild.

Lady of the Moon
It would be interesting to look at the world from (Tscang O) the lady of the moon. To see how lonely she must be despite living in a palace make o star dust. Having to be someone who is doomed to forever listen and watch as everything from starstruck lover to crimes of passion happen beneath her rays-. So when the emperor appears he can feel the sadness lingering in the air. He enjoys the beauty but always feels slightly uneasy.

Ember Fox and Demon Wolf by Lady-Vossler
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Bibliography- Chinese Fairy Book by R. Wilhelm: online source 

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