STORIES IN SECTION:
-The Goblin of Adachigahara (2 parts)
-The Ogre of Rashomon (3 parts)
-The Story of Princess Hase (4 parts)
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| Japan- the country of story origin |
The Goblin of Adachigahara:
-Adachigahara: a large plain in Japan
-the goblin: cannibal who haunted the city and took the form of an old woman
-Priest came to town (uh oh)
-”whatever you do, don’t peep into the back room”
-I find it interesting that the priest still caved to temptation, even when told not to and when being treated so well up until this point by the “old woman”
-back room: “The room was full of dead men's bones, and the walls were splashed and the floor was covered with human blood. In one corner skull upon skull rose to the ceiling, in another was a heap of arm bones, in another a heap of leg bones”
- priest prays to Buddha
-we have no idea what happens to the woman/goblin and her knife
The Ogre of Rashomon:
-the ogre haunted the Gate of Rashomon in Kyoto “at twilight and seized whoever passed by”
-Watanabe: brave or an idiot?
-sounds like wannabe
-"There are certainly no ogres here; it is only an old woman's story. I will stick this paper on the gate so that the others can see I have been here when they come tomorrow, and then I will take my way home and laugh at them all."
Common themes (Ogre story and Goblin):
None of the monsters in the stories are defeated, only escaped from
Both of the protagonists are men
Both stories have some shape or form of an old woman
The Story of Princess Hase:
-Prince Toyonari Fujiwara and Princess Murasaki (Violet)
-could not conceive
-went to temple to pray, and eventually their prayers were answered and offerings accepted,
-Princess of Hase
-evil stepmother: reminds me of a mix of Disney stories Cinderella, Snow White and Mulan
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