Mythology & Folklore: Extra Reading Diary: Japanese Fairy Tales (Ozaki)

Why was he called My Lord Bag of Rice?
He must have been strong to carry two sword and a bow that was larger than himself.
It was a dragon?!
He was fearless to walk across the dragon.
He dragon transformed into a man.
Why is a centipede the dragon's enemy? He could crush it and be done with it.
I feel bad for the dragon king's family. That's terrible.
Yay for Hidesato coming to the rescue.
I wish there was a picture for these goldfish dancers. like.. were they human-looking or plain large goldfish because that would be really creepy.
What? Centipedes are vulnerable to human saliva? That's the first time I have ever heard that.
Yay he killed the centipede!!
I still don't get why his name was so long..
I wish I could have that bag of inexhaustible rice, to be quite honest.

Digital art of My Lord Bag of Rice vs. the Centipede.

"My Lord Bag of Rice" by breakbot. Source: DeviantArt.

First off, the Kintaro doll looks very creepy
I wonder how his father died, was it grief/stress or was it murder?
Why did she name her son the Golden Boy?
How did this boy become so strong while they were living in the mountains? Is there a lot of nutrition there?
His ability to speak with animals is pretty amazing.
Yaaay! He became a Chief and build a house for his mom.
What a good son.

What an ironic last name to be called "Millionaire" but not be one.
He lived without working until he was 32? He did not do a good job of planning for future..
He didn't want to work to live but he wanted to live forever
He sought out the elixir of life
He was sent to the country of Perpetual Life by Jofuku
Apparently all of the people there will never die, and at that point, all they did was want to die.
Everything was the opposite there.
People ate poison instead of normal food just to suicide, but they got healthier instead.
He lived there for 300 years and got bored of it and decided to leave.
Upon leaving, he regretted it and wanted to return,
On the way back to Japan, he nearly drowned and got eaten by the shark.
It all turned out to be a dream to show Sentaro what it would have been like if he really went to the island.
An angel then handed him a book of how to live life and from then on, he gave up his vain ways and his family prospered.

Bibliography:

"Japanese Fairy Tales" by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Source: Un-Textbook.

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