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Twenty-Two Goblins
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These 22 stories are told by the Goblin to the King Vikram. King Vikram faces many difficulties in bringing the vetala to the tantric. Each time Vikram tries to capture the vetala, it tells a story that ends with a riddle. If Vikram cannot answer the question correctly, the vampire consents to remain in captivity. If the king answers the question correctly, the vampire would escape and return to his tree. In some variations, the king is required to speak if he knows the answer, else his head will burst.
These 22 stories are told by the Goblin to the King Vikram. King Vikram faces many difficulties in bringing the vetala to the tantric. Each time Vikram tries to capture the vetala, it tells a story that ends with a riddle. If Vikram cannot answer the question correctly, the vampire consents to remain in captivity. If the king answers the question correctly, the vampire would escape and return to his tree. In some variations, the king is required to speak if he knows the answer, else his head will burst.
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As Hero traced the sound of crying, he came to a beautiful lake outside the city, and there he saw a woman in the midst of the water, lamenting in these words: "Alas for you, brave and merciful and generous! How shall I live without you?"
And Hero was amazed, and timidly asked her: "Who are you, and why do you weep?" And she replied: "O Hero, I am the Goddess of the Earth, and now my lord, this virtuous King Shudraka, is going to die in three days. How shall I find another such master? So I am distracted with grief, and I lament."
When Hero heard this, he was frightened and said: "Goddess, is there any remedy for this, any way in which the king might be saved?" And the goddess answered: "There is just one remedy, my son, and it is in your hands." And Hero said: "Goddess, tell me quickly, that I may adopt it at once. What good would life be to us otherwise?"
Then the. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
But where are the remaining 3 of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati?
Amazing synchronicity on the 17th goblin being, word for word, Indische Lebenslauf from the Glasperlenspiel just a month ago, and less word for word but similar enough to Borges' Circular Ruins.
In the words of the great man,
"sie liegt darin, da
Very antiquated stories as well as a bit gender biased. Maybe I’m just not familiar with Indian culture that’s why I did not appreciate it.
The morals of the story’s are outdated, but it’s an entertaining set of short stories.
Not as entertaining as I thought it would be, but then again I don't really understand ancient Hindu logic nor care who the girl in the upteenth riddle should marry. (I got kinda bored of those riddles) 3 stars because it was creative and fun in a few of the stories, but I felt most of the elements
A translation of an old Indian tale -- a frame tale with twenty-two tales inside, each one ending with a riddle. (The last riddle of which is the one I remember most keenly from my first reading. It's the one the king can't answer.)
More idiomatic than the last translation I read it in.
Twenty Two Goblins is an ancient Indian folk tale similar to One Thousand and One Nights. In this story a king is asked to retrieve a dead body from a goblin's tree. In the process, the king captures the goblin and is told a series of stories. Each story end in a riddle, which the king must answer c
A collection of ancient Hindu folktales that end in riddles. The frame for the stories involves a king who must retrieve a goblin-possessed corpse hanging from a tree. It's the goblin who poses the story-riddles to the king, who in turn provides the solution at the end of each tale. Many of the stor
I liked it.. People in India sure killed themselves a lot..