For this week's reading, I chose to read the stories from the Tibetan unit. I am glad that I made this decision, since so many of the Tibetan stories revolve tricksters: a favorite theme of mine. Some of the stories that really jumped out to me was the story of
The Tiger and the Frog. The Frog, despite his obvious size disadvantage and fear of the Tiger, was still able to fool the Tiger through deceit and fear. As I write this, I can imagine my story for this week be one that has the Frog be like Batman and the Tiger, and other large woodland creatures be criminals of Gotham City.
Another story that I really liked was that of
The Story of the Donkey and the Rock. I was truly shocked by the ending, since we find out that the King fulfills the role of the trickster by embarrassing everybody who attended the trial for a donkey and a rock. I can imagine myself retelling this story, but by having the king be an advertiser for a big fight.
Either way, I feel that I have a good basis for my upcoming story!
Bibliography: Albert Shelton,
Tibetan Folk Tales,
Link.
(Imagine this coming at you at night, evildoers.
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