Reading Notes Week 6 Reading A: Twenty-Two Goblins

 Twenty-Two Goblins, Arthur W. Ryder (1917)

The Brave Man, the Wise Man, and the Clever Man. To which should the girl be given?

  • A riddle was given to the King Triple-Victory by the goblin, which the king successfully solved, causing him to have to return to the sissoo tree to once again retrieve the body the goblin took over
  • The daughter of a king, Moonlight, was very beautiful and full of charm and said she would only marry a man that was brave, wise, or clever
  • Her father found a clever man on his way to make a treaty for war and peace with another king
    • Promised his daughter to this man who made a chariot that could fly
    • Appointed marriage for 7th day
  • But the girl's brother had also promised her to a brave man with excellent skill with weapons and appointed marriage for 7th day, after consulting star-gazers
  • The mother ALSO promised the girl's hand in marriage for the 7th day to a wise man, who told her about the past and the future
  • when the 3 men arrived, Moonlight had disappeared
    • The wise man said a giant had kidnapped her and he knew where she was
    • The clever man built a chariot to get them there quickly
    • The brave man fought and killed the giant, ultimately saving the girl
  • The three men argued who should be her groom and the father stood confused
    • King Triple-Victory says that the brave man should marry her, as he saved her and a star-gazer (the wise man) and a chariot-maker (the clever man) work for others, so they were just helpers
    • And the king was right so he returned to the sissoo tree to retrieve the goblin once again
The Three Delicate Wives of King Virtue-banner. Which is most delicate?
  • King Virtue-banner had 3 delicate wives
  • the first was injured by a lotus petal falling upon her
  • the second was injured by moonbeams falling upon her skin
  • the third had bruised hands from simply hearing the grinding of pestles
  • The King-Triple Victory correctly answered that the third wife was the most delicate, having been injured by just the sound of the pestles
Three wives, delicate as a butterfly's wings.


    The stories from the Twenty-Two goblins all seem to have pretty similar themes, with beautiful women and a choice to be made.

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