I chose to write my reading notes about "Goblin City" because it features aspects of the stories we will read in the coming weeks. The notes are listed below:
*Rakshasas(is)- shapeshifters, people-eaters, "Goblins". Live on the island of Ceylon- the southern tip of India. -------> in this story they are Rakshasis(female) who force traveling men to marry them, then kill/eat them when they are done.
*There was a shipwreck near the island, the Rakshasis come to aid and use their magic to make the island seem full of people/life.
*Rakshasis convince sailors their husbands have been lost at sea for 3 years, and marry them. (their husbands were actually eaten or waiting in prison to be eaten)
*One of the husbands (the captain) noticed his wife left, came back, pretended to be asleep and was still eating human flesh while reciting a rather incriminating rhyme.
*I'm perceiving the setting at this point to be a smaller island with treacherous terrain surrounding.
*The captain doesn't know what to do; the Rakshasis are afraid of water but the boat is gone. (This story reminds me of Greek Sirens-- except the new revelation that the Rakshasis fear water. I've included a popular painting of sirens above).
*The captain tells the sailors and not all of them believe him. A fairy (who lives on the island?) hates the Rakshasis and sends her flying horse to save the men.
*The fairy allegedly used magic to shrink the men so they could all fit on the horse- those left behind from lack of belief were eaten that night.
*After the story the setting appears to be on a larger island, still with treacherous terrain.
Bibliography: W.H.D. Rouse, "Goblin City", Goblin City
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A Painting of Sirens by Gustave Moreau
The Sirens
*Rakshasas(is)- shapeshifters, people-eaters, "Goblins". Live on the island of Ceylon- the southern tip of India. -------> in this story they are Rakshasis(female) who force traveling men to marry them, then kill/eat them when they are done.
*There was a shipwreck near the island, the Rakshasis come to aid and use their magic to make the island seem full of people/life.
*Rakshasis convince sailors their husbands have been lost at sea for 3 years, and marry them. (their husbands were actually eaten or waiting in prison to be eaten)
*One of the husbands (the captain) noticed his wife left, came back, pretended to be asleep and was still eating human flesh while reciting a rather incriminating rhyme.
*I'm perceiving the setting at this point to be a smaller island with treacherous terrain surrounding.
*The captain doesn't know what to do; the Rakshasis are afraid of water but the boat is gone. (This story reminds me of Greek Sirens-- except the new revelation that the Rakshasis fear water. I've included a popular painting of sirens above).
*The captain tells the sailors and not all of them believe him. A fairy (who lives on the island?) hates the Rakshasis and sends her flying horse to save the men.
*The fairy allegedly used magic to shrink the men so they could all fit on the horse- those left behind from lack of belief were eaten that night.
*After the story the setting appears to be on a larger island, still with treacherous terrain.
Bibliography: W.H.D. Rouse, "Goblin City", Goblin City
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A Painting of Sirens by Gustave Moreau
The Sirens
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