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Showing posts with label Week 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 9. Show all posts
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Friday, March 15, 2019
Week 9 Story: The Mighty Ogre of Rashomon
There once was an ogre known to the people of Kyoto. The townsfolk loved to assume that he was a big, bad ogre that loved to eat people. Sure, this ogre in question may have eaten a person or two when he got desperately hungry, but it wasn’t a regular practice of his.
At a certain gate of Koyoto, the gate of Rashomon, the people were outraged after a recent slaying. The ogre had eaten yet another townsperson for no apparent reason. Little did they know that the ogre was just minding his business when a citizen of Kyoto decided to throw rocks at the peacefully resting ogre. This was often done by passersby to ensure they pass through the gate of Rashomon unharmed, as if doing something foolish was better than doing nothing. However, this is what caused the ogre to be upset and defend itself.
The town people couldn’t tolerate this ogre "problem" anymore. They sent word out to a band of valiant warriors who were known to slay ogres with ease. When this group of respected knights heard the call, they sighed at the townspeople’s cries, as their complaining of ogres was a routine occurrence. However, Matthias, the newest member of the group of knights saw this as a great opportunity to set himself apart.
Matthias reassured the rest of the group and said that he would take care of it all. The older knights of the unit were relieved and impressed by the young warrior’s initiative. They half expected the ogre to eat him, and half expected the ogre to not even be there. It was readily apparent that they hadn't much faith in their young comrade.
Matthias set out towards the gate of Rashomon at sunset. With a mighty sword on his hip and sturdy shield on his back, he was certain that he would return with the head of the ogre drug behind his horse. Matthias was eager to prove himself to be the hero that he always wanted to be.
Once Matthias got to the gate around midnight, he saw the ogre peacefully lying there. The ogre was sleeping! Not bothering anyone or being a nuisance to society, the so-called vicious ogre was hardly a threat. Matthias saw this. He was unsure of what to do. He knew he could not return empty-handed. Thus, he decided to confront the ogre.
Sword in hand, shield at the ready, Matthias approached the snoring ogre. To wake him up, he kicked the giant ogre in the shoulder. The ogre was unmoved. Matthias resorted to prodding the ogre with the tip of his sword; this woke it up. The ogre immediately opened his eyes and let out a deafening roar, as was his usual practice to fend off small animals that liked to disturb him in his sleep. Our young Matthias was a mighty warrior, no? The roar startled Matthias and caused him to jerk away from the ogre. He wasn't expecting the beast to react so quickly.
When the ogre awoke and looked around, he saw no being but an iron-clad knight cowering behind a tree. The ogre ushered the knight to come and tell him about why he was at the gate of Rashomon and woke him from his slumber. Matthias apologized for disrupting the ogre’s sleep, and the ogre sympathized for the ambitious, inexperienced knight and his endeavor. The ogre decided to give the knight a sign of his slaying, one of his great toe's toenail, which Matthias gladly took. The ogre bid his new sword-friend farewell and said that he could come back anytime if his other warrior friends didn’t believe that he had slain the mighty ogre.
Matthias nervously went back to the band of knights he called his brothers. He approached them all and tossed the giant toenail of the ogre onto a table. All of the knights gathered around to see what Matthias had brought as proof. They looked at each other, trying to stifle their laughter, but eventually burst out laughing. They couldn't hold back the tears that were streaming down their faces. Matthias was stunned and unsure of what he could have possibly done to be the cause for such amusement.
Finally, the leader of the knights felt bad and decided to break the silence.
He looked to the young one and said, “This ogre is a friend to all of us. Did you take notice of how many toenails he was missing?”
Counting the ogre's remaining green, gnarled toenails were the last thing Matthias thought to do. However, he began to ponder what this all meant. He scanned his surroundings and immediately was drawn to a chest that was propped open in the corner of the room. It was filled to the brim with ogre toenails.
Matthias hung his head low upon realizing that it was all a test. He would definitely be visiting his new ogre “friend” soon.
Author's Note: I based this story off "The Ogre of Rashomon", a story in Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki. In my telling of it, I didn't change a whole lot. I primarily made it more concise and switched the role of the ogre. In the source material, the mean ogre is actually mean. The brave knight ends up having to fight the beast but makes it out alive with the ogre's arm. The knight presents the arm to his band of valiant knights and is praised as a hero throughout Kyoto.
Bibliography: Yei Theodora Ozaki, Japanese Fairy Tales, Source
At a certain gate of Koyoto, the gate of Rashomon, the people were outraged after a recent slaying. The ogre had eaten yet another townsperson for no apparent reason. Little did they know that the ogre was just minding his business when a citizen of Kyoto decided to throw rocks at the peacefully resting ogre. This was often done by passersby to ensure they pass through the gate of Rashomon unharmed, as if doing something foolish was better than doing nothing. However, this is what caused the ogre to be upset and defend itself.
The town people couldn’t tolerate this ogre "problem" anymore. They sent word out to a band of valiant warriors who were known to slay ogres with ease. When this group of respected knights heard the call, they sighed at the townspeople’s cries, as their complaining of ogres was a routine occurrence. However, Matthias, the newest member of the group of knights saw this as a great opportunity to set himself apart.
Matthias reassured the rest of the group and said that he would take care of it all. The older knights of the unit were relieved and impressed by the young warrior’s initiative. They half expected the ogre to eat him, and half expected the ogre to not even be there. It was readily apparent that they hadn't much faith in their young comrade.
Matthias set out towards the gate of Rashomon at sunset. With a mighty sword on his hip and sturdy shield on his back, he was certain that he would return with the head of the ogre drug behind his horse. Matthias was eager to prove himself to be the hero that he always wanted to be.
Once Matthias got to the gate around midnight, he saw the ogre peacefully lying there. The ogre was sleeping! Not bothering anyone or being a nuisance to society, the so-called vicious ogre was hardly a threat. Matthias saw this. He was unsure of what to do. He knew he could not return empty-handed. Thus, he decided to confront the ogre.
Sword in hand, shield at the ready, Matthias approached the snoring ogre. To wake him up, he kicked the giant ogre in the shoulder. The ogre was unmoved. Matthias resorted to prodding the ogre with the tip of his sword; this woke it up. The ogre immediately opened his eyes and let out a deafening roar, as was his usual practice to fend off small animals that liked to disturb him in his sleep. Our young Matthias was a mighty warrior, no? The roar startled Matthias and caused him to jerk away from the ogre. He wasn't expecting the beast to react so quickly.
When the ogre awoke and looked around, he saw no being but an iron-clad knight cowering behind a tree. The ogre ushered the knight to come and tell him about why he was at the gate of Rashomon and woke him from his slumber. Matthias apologized for disrupting the ogre’s sleep, and the ogre sympathized for the ambitious, inexperienced knight and his endeavor. The ogre decided to give the knight a sign of his slaying, one of his great toe's toenail, which Matthias gladly took. The ogre bid his new sword-friend farewell and said that he could come back anytime if his other warrior friends didn’t believe that he had slain the mighty ogre.
Matthias nervously went back to the band of knights he called his brothers. He approached them all and tossed the giant toenail of the ogre onto a table. All of the knights gathered around to see what Matthias had brought as proof. They looked at each other, trying to stifle their laughter, but eventually burst out laughing. They couldn't hold back the tears that were streaming down their faces. Matthias was stunned and unsure of what he could have possibly done to be the cause for such amusement.
Finally, the leader of the knights felt bad and decided to break the silence.
He looked to the young one and said, “This ogre is a friend to all of us. Did you take notice of how many toenails he was missing?”
Counting the ogre's remaining green, gnarled toenails were the last thing Matthias thought to do. However, he began to ponder what this all meant. He scanned his surroundings and immediately was drawn to a chest that was propped open in the corner of the room. It was filled to the brim with ogre toenails.
Matthias hung his head low upon realizing that it was all a test. He would definitely be visiting his new ogre “friend” soon.
Author's Note: I based this story off "The Ogre of Rashomon", a story in Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki. In my telling of it, I didn't change a whole lot. I primarily made it more concise and switched the role of the ogre. In the source material, the mean ogre is actually mean. The brave knight ends up having to fight the beast but makes it out alive with the ogre's arm. The knight presents the arm to his band of valiant knights and is praised as a hero throughout Kyoto.
Bibliography: Yei Theodora Ozaki, Japanese Fairy Tales, Source
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| An ogre eating a leg. Source |
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Reading Notes: Sun Wu Kung: Battle with Notscha
Notes
-The Lord of the Heavens (LOTH) heard of Sun Wu Kung's disrespectful exit
-LOTH dispatched Li Dsing the pagoda-bearing God and his third son, Notscha (N) to bring SWK as a prisoner
-The Lord of the Heavens (LOTH) heard of Sun Wu Kung's disrespectful exit
-LOTH dispatched Li Dsing the pagoda-bearing God and his third son, Notscha (N) to bring SWK as a prisoner
-The two set out to SWK's camp
-They send in a warrior of heaven
-SWK easily bests the warrior
-SWK says “What a bag of wind! And he calls himself a heavenly warrior! I’ll not slay you. Run along quickly and send me a better man!”
-N saw this and moved in to try the great SWK
-N saw this and moved in to try the great SWK
- SWK says “To whom do you belong, little one? You must not play around here, for something might happen to you!”
-N yells back, “Accursed ape! I am Prince Notscha and have been ordered to take you prisoner!”
-N swung his sword toward SWK
-SWK says “Very well, I will stand here and never move.”
-N became angry
-N yells back, “Accursed ape! I am Prince Notscha and have been ordered to take you prisoner!”
-N swung his sword toward SWK
-SWK says “Very well, I will stand here and never move.”
-N became angry
-N transformed himself into a three-headed god with six arms, in which he held six different weapons
-SWK laughed and said “The little fellow knows the trick of it! But easy, wait a bit! I will change shape, too!”
-SWK also turned himself into a figure with three heads and with six arms and swung three gold-clamp rods
-Much fighting ensued. Round after round
-The fighting was very rapid and looked as if its combatants were using 1000 weapons, with there being a constant flurry of attacks
-30 rounds later, the match was still even
-SWK laughed and said “The little fellow knows the trick of it! But easy, wait a bit! I will change shape, too!”
-SWK also turned himself into a figure with three heads and with six arms and swung three gold-clamp rods
-Much fighting ensued. Round after round
-The fighting was very rapid and looked as if its combatants were using 1000 weapons, with there being a constant flurry of attacks
-30 rounds later, the match was still even
-SWK came up with the idea to pull one of his own hairs and have it act as a fully functioning decoy
-The decoy continued to fight in SWK's place, seamlessly
-SWK slipped behind N
-SWK gave him such a blow on the left arm with his rod that his knees gave way beneath him with pain
-N had to withdraw in defeat
-N reported back to his father Li Dsing of his defeat
-Unsure of what to do, they returned to heaven
-SWK slipped behind N
-SWK gave him such a blow on the left arm with his rod that his knees gave way beneath him with pain
-N had to withdraw in defeat
-N reported back to his father Li Dsing of his defeat
-Unsure of what to do, they returned to heaven
-LOTH bowed his head in near-defeat and sought to think of whom he might send to defeat the monkey king
-The Evening Star recommended that LOTH appoint him as "Great Saint Who Is Heaven’s Equal", an empty title
-LOTH heard this and was agreeable
-LOTH sent the Evening Star to summon SWK
-SWK came at once to heaven
-SWK was happy to receive his new title
-LOTH told him that his rank was very high and that he must not cut any further capers
Bibliography: R. Wilhelm, The Ape Sun Wu Kung, Source
-The Evening Star recommended that LOTH appoint him as "Great Saint Who Is Heaven’s Equal", an empty title
-LOTH heard this and was agreeable
-LOTH sent the Evening Star to summon SWK
-SWK came at once to heaven
-SWK was happy to receive his new title
-LOTH told him that his rank was very high and that he must not cut any further capers
Bibliography: R. Wilhelm, The Ape Sun Wu Kung, Source
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| This depiction of Sun Wu Kung really does make him look like a demon! Source |
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