Vietnamese Fables of Frogs and Toads

Title

en_US Vietnamese Fables of Frogs and Toads

en_US Asian Folktales Retold

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Original language: jpn

en_US Told and Edited by Masao Sakairi; Translated by Matthew Galgani

Creator

en_US Galgani, Matthew

Contributor

en_US Kojima, Shōko

Date

2016-01-25T19:54:17Z

en_US 2008-06

en_US 2006

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:54:17Z

Date Issued

en_US 2006

Abstract

en_US Originally published in 2001 in Japan by Hoshinowakai. There are two folktales in this large-format book of 32 pages. The Frog Bride is a happily ever after story of the transformation of a beloved frog into a woman. The man who has married the frog is teased by his fellow students. After passing tests of cooking and sewing, the frog must appear at a party, and the husband fears being shamed for having married a frog. On the way to the party, she goes into the woods and sheds her frog skin. The man destroys it. As she tells him, Because you're such a good man, God gave you a wife. And because I met such a kind man, I was allowed to become a woman again (12). The second folktale, The Toad Who Brought the Rain, explains why frogs croak before it rains. After a long drought, a desperate toad on his way to ask the gods for rain gathers a whole troop of animals. With their specific skills, these animals overcome the God of Lightning and bring the Chief God to grant their request for rain. From now on, this god stipulates to the toad, if there are dry days, the toad should come close to the heavens and by croaking remind the Chief God to make rain. Kojima's illustrations are enjoyable. Often they are suggestive designs. Those designs complement more realistic presentations, e.g., of the frog turned into a woman on 13 or of the animals collected along the way.

Identifier

en_US 9780893469474

en_US 6386 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81711

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Heian International

en_US Berkeley, CA

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.S2158 Vie 2006

en_US Tangential

Type

en_US Book, Whole