Japanese Tales (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) by Royall Tyler

Description: Two hundred and twenty tales from medieval Japan-tales that welcome us into a fabulous faraway world populated by saints, scoundrels, ghosts, magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese civilization. They ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished culture. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library ROYALL TYLER has taught Japanese language and culture at many universities, including Harvard, the Australian National University, the University of Oslo, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lives in Australia. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvi A NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION xvii INTRODUCTION xix OAK, MELON, GOURD, ANGEL, FLEA 1. The Giant Oak 3 2. Melon Magic 3 3. The Sparrow's Gifts 4 4. The Maiden from the Sky 7 5. The Flea 9 SURPRISES 6. The Little Spider 9 7. A Flash in the Palace 10 8. Salt Fish and Doctored Wine 10 9. The Tapeworm's Bad End 14 10. A Toad to Reckon With 15 HAUNTS 11. Better Late Than Early 16 12. The Ravenous Storehouse 17 13. The Grisly Box 18 14. The Bridge 19 15. The Rooted Corpse 22 16. An Old, Old Ghost 23 MONK JOKES 17. Syrup 24 18. Not Quite the Right Robe 25 19. The Nose 25 20. Two Buckets of Marital Bliss 27 21. Home in a Chest 29 BUDDHIST BEGINNINGS 22. The Emperor's Finger 30 23. Japan's Finest Gold 31 24. Gyogi and Baramon 33 25. The Old Mackerel Peddler 34 26. Kobo Daishi 35 27. The Kannon in the Pine 37 GODS 28. Very Kind of Him, No Doubt 38 29. The Dog and His Wife 39 30. An Old God Renewed 40 31. Come to My Kasuga Mountain! 42 32. Princess Glory 46 TENGU AND DRAGONS 33. The Murmuring of the Sea 47 34. Japan Means Trouble! 48 35. The Invincible Pair 52 36. Rain 53 37. No Dragon 55 PURE HEARTS 38. Things As They Are 56 39. The Portrait 57 40. What the Beans Were Saying 57 41. Mercy 58 42. Among the Flowers 59 MUSIC AND DANCE 43. For Love of Song 60 44. Three Angels 61 45. Give Me Music! 61 46. The Weight of Tradition 62 47. The God of Good Fortune 63 48. Divine Applause 67 MAGIC 49. Bring Back That Ferry! 67 50. The Man-Made Friend 68 51. The Laughing Fit 70 52. Small-Time Magic 72 53. The Little Oil Jar 75 THE SEXES 54. A Hard Moment 76 55. A Nice Mug of Molten Copper 77 56. The Little Bottle of Tears 78 57. Elimination 78 58. But She Couldn't Help It! 81 YIN-YANG WIZARDRY 59. The Genie 82 60. One Frog Less 83 61. The Spellbound Pirates 83 62. The Test 84 63. Man's Best Friend 85 ROBBERS 64. Genjo 87 65. The Rasho Gate 88 66. The Selfless Thief 89 67. Authority 90 68. The Wrestler's Sister 92 69. To Sooth the Savage Breast 93 HEALING 70. The Buddha with Lots of Hands 94 71. The Protector Spirit 94 72. The Flying Storehouse 95 73. No Respect 97 74. The Invisible Man 99 ESCAPES 75. Dyeing Castle 102 76. Taken In 104 77. The Sacrifice 107 78. The Lure 110 79. Just Like a Bird 113 FOXES 80. Enough Is Enough! 114 81. The Loving Fox 115 82. Touched in the Head 116 83. Yam Soup 118 84. The Eviction 122 ASCETICS 85. Incense Smoke 124 86. The Blessing 125 87. Another Flying Jar 126 88. The Wizard of the Mountain 127 89. An Awful Fall 130 90. The Ricepoop Saint 131 ODDITIES 91. What the Storm Washed In 132 92. Sea Devils 133 93. The Dancing Mountain 134 94. The Best-Laid Plans 135 95. Real Flames at Last! 136 96. The Painted Horse 137 GOLDEN PEAK AND THE OMINE MOUNTAINS 97. A Model Demon 137 98. The River of Snakes 138 99. The Wine Spring 139 100. Very High in the Mountains 141 101. The God of Fire and Thunder 144 102. The God of Golden Peak 149 TURTLES AND A CRAB 103. The Thunder Turtle 150 104. The Catch 151 105. The Grateful Turtle 152 106. Urashima the Fisherman 154 107. The Grateful Crab 156 DESIRE 108. Young Lust 157 109. The Pretty Girl 158 110. Mesmerized 159 111. Red Heat 160 112. Lovesick 162 PARADISE 113. Gone, Body and Soul 163 114. Paradise in the Palm of the Hand 164 115. No Compromise 165 116. The Failure 168 117. Letters from Paradise 169 118. Not Exactly the Land of Bliss 171 TENGU, BOAR, AND BADGER 119. One Last Shower of Petals 172 120. Inspiring, Unfortunately 173 121. No Fool, the Hunter 174 122. The Hairy Arm 176 123. Expert Help 176 HEALING 124. Rice Cakes 177 125. A Memorable Empress 178 126. Quite a Stink 181 127. The Master 182 128. A Simple Cure 184 LOVE AND LOSS 129. A Beloved Wife, a Bow, a White Bird 185 130. The Unknown Third 186 131. An Image in a Flame 187 132. The Forsaken Lady 188 133. She Died Long Ago 190 134. I Saw It in a Dream 191 SNAKES 135. The Snake Charmer 193 136. The Tug-of-War 194 137. As Deep As the Sea 195 138. What the Snake had in Mind 196 139. Red Plum Blossoms 197 ROBBERS II 140. The Enigma 199 141. Wasps 200 142. Without Even a Fight 202 143. The Temple Bell 203 144. The Dead Man Wakes 205 145. Cowed 206 LOTUS TALES 146. The Bloody Sword 207 147. A Plea from Hell 208 148. The Voice from the Cave 209 149. Incorrigible 211 150. The Pirate's Story 215 151. A Little Lesson 217 BOYS 152. Heroic Patience, Almost 218 153. The Pot-Headed Demon 218 154. Riotous Living 220 155. The Boy Who Laid the Golden Stone 221 156. Cherry Blossoms 224 PARADISE II 157. The Thirst for Paradise 224 158. The Chanting Skull 225 159. The Mice Little God Sails Away 226 160. The Unearthly Fragrance 228 161. A Twinge of Regret 229 YIN-YANG WIZARDRY II 162. Daddy, Who Were Those People? 230 163. The Curse 231 164. The Harmless Haunt 232 165. In the Nick of Time 233 166. Astride the Corpse 235 DEMONS 167. Twinleaf 236 168. No Night to Be Out Courting 237 169. Lump Off, Lump On 239 170. Take a Good Look! 241 PLENTY 171. Cherish-the-Aged Spring 242 172. The Bottomless Sack 242 173. The Solid Gold Corpse 244 174. A Fortune from a Wisp of Straw 246 175. "Dog's Head" Silk 250 ODD PATHS TO SALVATION 176. A Very Surprised Bodhisattva 251 177. The Awakening 252 178. The Little God's Big Chance 258 179. Pious Antics 258 180. The Reprieve 262 WATER 181. The Water Spirit 264 182. The Master of Streams and Falls 265 183. The Dragon Cave 266 184. Gold from the Dragon Palace 267 185. The Pond God Takes a Wife 269 CLOSED WORLDS 186. The Isle of Man and Maid 270 187. The Snake and the Centipede 271 188. Through the Water Curtain 274 189. Cannibal Island 281 HAUNTS II 190. No Nonsense! 282 191. Quite a Bit of Nonsense 283 192. One Mouthful 283 193. Suddenly, Horse Dung 284 194. The Monk in White Armor 285 DREAMS 195. Little White Hairs 286 196. The Man Who Stole a Dream 286 197. The Buddha-Ox 287 198. The Falconer's Dream 290 199. Poverty 292 SCARES AND NIGHTMARES 200. The Nightmare 292 201. The Double 294 202. Bewitched 294 203. The Funeral 296 204. The Grinning Face of the Old Woman 297 FOXES II 205. Fox Arson 298 206. The Fox's Bell 299 207. Singed Fur 300 208. Not Really a Tree at All 303 209. The White Fox: Four Dreams 304 BEYOND THE RULES 210. The Telltale Fish 305 211. A Taste for Fish 305 212. The Promise 306 213. The Jellyfish's Bone 307 214. The Stinking Hut 310 PARENT AND CHILD 215. Be Good to Your Mother and Father! 312 216. Hell in Broad Day 313 217. The Old Woman on the Mountain 315 218. Mother 316 219. Perilous Gratitude 317 220. The Ugly Son 319 SOURCES AND NOTES 321 THE WORKS THESE TALES COME FROM 325 TALES CLASSIFIED BY SOURCES 327 BIBLIOGRAPHY 331 INDEX 333

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