Oh, I want to rewrite this on so that there really is a she-devil. So the rabbit reluctantly goes to pay his respects but meets the she-devil on the way. She asks what has him so down and he explains. Then together they plot a way to rid themselves of the lion. The poor lion still drowns but not because he jumped after his own reflection but because he jumped into to the stream to confront the she devil and drowned because he could not swim.
How the Raven Saved the Hunter
No, now I want the bird to live. Perhaps he just injured the bird. And then he found it later and nursed it back to health? Or I could do a story about how the gods took mercy on the bird and changed into human shape. The hunter comes back to bury the bird but instead find the body of a beautiful woman,injured in the same way as the bird. He then nurses her back to health and they eventually marry or he becomes something like a father fig. The bird is wise and beautiful and brings great prosper to the hunter.
The Two Little Cats
How did the cats get found by the Handre in the first place. I propose that he was waiting and one of the cats god injured on the way home. He follow the blood trail and say the cats trying fix the injury. Either he frightened them and they over reacted or he tried to help them and they were terrified of his appearance. It would be interesting if he was perusing them the entire time because he wanted to help them. In this the death of the Handre would be sad because he as not being evil but his frighting appearance doomed him. Maybe the cats are punished because of this misdeed so they no longer can taste salt?
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| Raven that Saved the Hunter Birds of America by John Audubon Wikimedia Commons |
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