#9 - Tatsuko, Dragon Princess - INSIST

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impossible vs intent --> Industrious.
I is for the emotional feelings - INSIST!

Tatsuko, the Dragon Princess

I like this story.  We can change our lives for our betterment and those we love. Tatsuko, the most beautiful, strongest, and more intelligent than most in her poor village in Japan. The villagers and her friends worked daily for their crops to sell and foods to eat. Tatsuko observed her friends aging: she did not want this for herself, although her mother said to work was the honor. Tatsuko knows more than hard village work.

Japan was settled in the 16 century by generals, who make Japan one very prosperous nation. The 17 century saw the rise of Kyoto, where the rich had the fantasy of fashion, courtesans, and eventually. the geisha, which means persons of art: conversation, dance, music, performing the tea ceremony, reading literature, and fine calligraphy of the well educated. In the 1730s, both men and women were Geishas. These entertainers like the jesters in the European courts. By 1780s, Geishas were mostly women under strict governmental regulation. Geishas lived in Tea Houses to offered their entertainments of the arts. Their gear supported the merchant's shops: the gowns, Komodo; fans; hairdressing and wigs; make-up; instruments, dancing music. The Tea Ceremony is also associated with Geisha. The story, Tatsuko, Dragon Princess, is about a poor maiden who gets her wish to become a rainbow dragon, a Geisha, who has gifts of fish, the wealth, for her mother.

I can attest to Tatsuko's intent from a living a small working town of Colorado Springs, farming, mining, and then the military. I knew I did not want to become old and tired in a small backward town, then 20,000 residents, to married a hard-working drinking husband, having six children, working in a factory or worst living on my own becoming a prostitute for more income. I begged to go to college for more opportunities. My grades were excellent; I got a scholarship and National Defense Loan. I was one of the many young girls allowed to go the college from the poorer parts of the USA. Teaching was the choice, not many avenues for occupations. Many girls 'found' their husbands. I wanted to travel, so went to Alaska and taught first grade.

#8 - Rice Goddess, HONESTY

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hinder vs helper ----> hope 
H is for the emotion, feeling, HONESTY

The RICE GODDESS

Do I like the story? Maybe. She is rewarded by others she helped. What does this say? "Giving gets rewards, honor." I think we (males or females) give though our professions as helpers, teachers, workers, the silent hero/ine. Do all these stories need to be about males and from their point of view? NO! I think this one is saying keep your clothing on.

A Heavenly Being working, serving and saves her family and community while trapped by the greed of a young male. She offers all she knows and has to her situation, and still, he does not honor her. For egos and today the female not recognized and honor for her talents. This code is changing. I was not encouraged to my abilities as an artist and writer that was the male code.
 
Helplessly abandon on earth, this 'damsel in distress' depends on the young man for help, her deceiver. Using her strengths, she survives. Told all around the world in many different versions, unfortunately, from his point of view, I changed to her point of view.

-  he steals her clothing:
-  she helps him;
-  marries the young man, serving him;
-  he peeks into her magic pot:
-  spends years nurturing and serving him;
-  has many children;
-  offers her efforts to starving neighbors;
-  grows worn and tired from her labors.
-  learns her selfish, lusting husband deceived her;
-  takes her children and leaves.    I would!

Today, this heavenly being is honored in every kitchen of South East Asia as the RICE GODDESS, a satisfying ending for another female, woman helper. Giving is the feminine part of all us not to be damaged by foolish male desire. The woman is not just a server, maid, wife, owned, slave, stolen, bought, threatened, abandoned. The female offers balance has hope, desires, wishes, and gifts for us, not to be stolen and used.

Lecture: what the stealing of the clothing/wings means to the women of Java.

#2 - Innocent Red - BENEFICIAL

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brutal vs bait ---> brave.
B is for the feeling of BENEFICIAL!

Innocent Red - PDF of story

I like this story, better to meet the wolves when young and beat them than later and be eaten. Hopefully, that youth with the help of her wood ‘would’ cutter and her backpack of skills will not be eaten (molested, drugged) by the banished wolves who still offer evil to our world.

We all meet a variety of wolves with many offers along our paths to benefit their pleasures, not ours. BEWARE!

Known as Little Red Riding Hood, I have RE-IMAGED, MANIPULATED, EMBROIDERED, AND ENHANCED this cautionary tale.  Granny and Innocent Red ventured through wolves to survived. I’m that Innocent Red now in my old age sipping a cup of tea in a comfortable, loving, safe, and secure home as grandma. With my wood ‘would’ cutter and bag of tricks, my house is the end of my journey.

Hare and the Turtle

One of my favorites fables because I think of myself like a turtle, slow and steady and somehow winning the race. The turtle in eastern countries in their ancient myths holds up the four directions of this earth. P'ngue, the first dragon of China stood on turtle's back and listened to all the stories turtle told. P'ngue gave turtles stories to us. The coastal Indians of American have a story for the 13 sections on turtle's back for the 13 moons of the year.

When I was a child in Colorado, turtles still walked the prairies, and sometimes we would catch one, of course, the snapping turtle bites. The turtles were old about a foot across. I hope the slow, careful reptiles still live on those vast plains of the midwest.

To the Pacific American, turtle carries 13 stories on her back.

HARE one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the TURTLE, who replied, laughing: "Though you are as swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race." The Hare, believing her assertion impossible, accepted the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal. On the day appointed for the race, the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep. At last, waking up, and moving as fast as he could saw that Turtle had reached the goal, and was comfortably asleep after her success.

Slow but steady wins the race.

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Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare, translated by George Townsend, Baronet Books, p. 5, 1954.

Thirteen Moons on Turtles's Back, Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London, illus by Thomas Locker, The Putnam and Grosset Group, 1992. ( four stories on each side and five down the middle of the shell)

Gossip Makes a Story.

As all good gossip or story, the Troubadour (know as Stone Soup for children) has many versions and has traveled many places. Check out my telling of the three magic stones. The Troubadour is a dandy and con man and this works for him.

This story, told once was liked and told again and liked and on and on the story traveled through country after country through egos of time. The plot remains the same. Most of the time the rogue, trickster stayed the same. The environment, the place, his needs, his clothing, the foods change. The premise remains the same, the use one thing to get another for himself. This rogue seduces women and takes children, if he is not paid. On the other hand, the minstrel spreads the world of magic with fun, humor and a bit of gossip and stories. In the children's storytelling fables, STONE SOUP, participation from the audience creates a soup with the help of three magic stones. The troubadour is involved only we create the magic.

Tiger and FISH - #AtoZChallenge

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VICTORIOUS

#4 - Korean Stories
The Taming of TIGER

At this time, Tiger has with Shaman powers, is King of Beast and Guard of the West. He travels into Korea searching for the Heavenly Prince. Tiger climbs to the mountain where the Prince entered earth. Tiger finds the palace in rubble with no scent of the Heavenly Prince.

The tiger becomes a tyrant, (Governers use of stick Confucianism). As a vain and arrogant ruler, he bullies the beasts and taunts the forest with cruel, selfish rules, and wasteful greed. Cousin Rabbit tricks Uncle Tiger and leaves great Tiger with his tail frozen in the river.

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SITA RESCUED from Ravana, #AtoZChallenge

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Sita and the Ramayana

Many battles later many Rakshasas, brother Kumbhakarma, son Indrajet, and now Daemon Ravana, who was obsessed with owning someone not his was dead. Sita freed and Angi, the Fire God, for Rama, proved that Site was always the pure, faithful loyal wife.

Indra, the God of the Heavens brought Rama’s father, Dasaratha, in a chariot to witness, and Sita's father, Janaka, presented her again to Rama.

Flowers fell from the sky. Bells ring!
Rama and Sita went back to Ayodhya to be King and Queen.

Rama, Rama, preserver of the worlds,
Loyal Sita served you with her heart.

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: #AtoZChallenge - 4-21-2017 - Letter R

Ruler of Birds

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Ruler of Birds,  an Irish Folktale

Q – QUICK, quaint, qualified, quality, quiet, quest --> quarrel - QUIT


The flight of birds is the envy of people because of the power to see the earth.

Wren Day, “The origin may be a Samhain or midwinter sacrifice and/or celebration, as Celtic mythology considered the wren a symbol of the past year (the European wren is known for its habit of singing even in mid-winter."  Wikipedia

“Wrann, Wrann, the Ruler of Birds” is a ballad. (Can't find it!)

Tatsuko, Dragon Princess

 

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 OBEDIENT, original, orderly, okay, organized, outlandish, outstanding, obliged, observant, occupied, opinionated, open-minded, opportunist, own -- > OPPRESS.

Tatsuko, Dragon Princess
Japan was settled in the 16th-century by generals, who make Japan one very prosperous nation. The 17th-century saw the rise of Kyoto where the rich occupied the fantasy of fashion, courtesans, and eventually the geisha, which means persons of art: conversation, dance, music, preforming the tea ceremony, reading literature, and fine calligraphy, well educated. 1730’s Both men and women were Geishas. They entertained like the jesters in the European courts. By 1780s Geishas were mostly women under strict governmental regulation, not licensed prostitutes. Geishas lived in Tea Houses to offer their entertainments of the arts. The famous Japanese Tea Ceremony is associated with Geisha. Their fashions supported the merchants shops: the gown - the Komodo; fans; hair dressing and wigs; make-up; instruments, and musicians. The story of Tatsuko, Dragon Princess is about a poor maiden who gets her wish to become a rainbow dragon and brings gifts of fish to her mother and village.

Hood Red

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Hooded Red

G for gentle, gallant, genuine, good-willed, generous, genius, good, good-natured, gorgeous, great, grand, and grateful, all that granny and the innocent child are, the positives. The wolf is ghastly, gloomy, gnarled, graved, groping, gruff, and guilty, the negatives, GRIM.

 British Museum

Wolves were important to the forests, but not to the farmers taking over the woods, So the wolf, the first tamed animal helping the ancient hunters, now our pet dog, in the middle ages of farming, became the veil, gruff, gnarled animal. I can imagine why the wolf is in survival mode.

Today's wolf is one who tries to fool a con, which can be grim, which is eating and stocking, or worse in our horror stories. Young girls are not to talk to strangers, because that person may be in a wolf’s coat or as in this 18th century folktale dressed in granny’s clothing.

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Little Red Riding Hood

Granny is sipping a cup of tea in a comfortable, loving, safe and secure place with the help of the wood ‘would’ cutter in her basket of tricks. Granny’s house is the end of the journey and that Hooded Red traveled through many wolves to become an old grandmother and no wolf is going to eat her. This is my enhanced, re-imaged story!