Friday, April 17, 2015

Week 14 Reading Diary A: The Panchatantra

The Panchatantra

Numskull and the Rabbit

  • I can understand the animals wanting the lion to stop eating their kin, buuut he's a lion. Is he supposed to be a vegetarian?
  • Okay, all these interjections of sayings and morals is really annoying. How can you enjoy the story?
  • Usually the trickster is a bad character, although here he is acting out of good
  • This kind of reminds me of Narcissus and his reflection
  • Wait, what?? Why was the goldsmith arrested! He was just reporting what he knew. It was the king who jumped to conclusions and said the Brahman must have killed the prince. 
  • In reality, the snake is the hero here. The Brahman didn't do a thing
  • What's the story with the prince?
  • I don't quite see how the story of the turtle and the birds relates to the plover and his wife. Is she trying to tell him to talk less? Or just that he is stupid?
  • Those are some pretty interesting names for fish
Pisces Magni et Minuti
Fishermen, from 15th century Latin Panchatantra (Source)
  • SERIOUSLY, I don't get why she's telling her husband these stories. No connection whatsoever. 
  • I guess the lesson is don't be stubborn and arrogant and you should probably listen to your wife more often. 
  • Aw, poor elephant. It's no his fault! He shouldn't be punished 

No comments:

Post a Comment