She was a very good housewife, and so careful and industrious that there was no creature in the whole country whose hole was so neat and clean as hers, and she took great pride in it. There was once a crab who lived in a hole on the shady side of a mountain. → The Crab And The Monkey The Crab And The Monkey "THE CRIMSON FAIRY BOOK" By Various Authors, Edited By Andrew Lang He tries to run out of the house, but the cow dung makes him slip and the usu falls down from the roof, killing the monkey. When the monkey tries to cool himself from the burn at the water bucket, the bee stings him.
When the monkey returns home, he tries to warm himself on the hearth, but the chestnut strikes the monkey so that he burns himself. The chestnut hides himself on the monkey's hearth, the bee in the water pail, the cow dung on the floor, and the usu on the roof. With the help of several allies-a chestnut (栗 kuri), a cow dung (牛の糞 ushi no fun), a bee (蜂 hachi), and an usu (臼 millstone)-they go to the monkey's house. The crab's offspring seek revenge on the monkey. The shock of being attacked causes the crab to end up giving birth just before she dies. When the crab protests, the monkey hurls hard, unripe fruit at her. The monkey agrees to climb the tree to pick the fruit for the crab, but gorges himself on the fruit rather than sharing it with the crab. The crab is at first upset, but when she plants and tends the seed a tree grows that supplies abundant fruit. A sly monkey persuades the crab to trade the rice ball for a persimmon seed. While out walking, a crab finds a rice ball. Right: The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab (Japanese Fairy Tale) The monkey proposes the exchange of the persimmon seed for the crab's rice ball. Wikipedia The Crab and the Monkey Monkeys in Japanese culture Japanese folklore often involves humorous or bizarre characters and situations, and also includes an assortment of supernatural beings, such as bodhisattva, kami (gods and revered spirits), yōkai (monster-spirits) (such as oni, similar to Western demons, ogres, and trolls), kappa (河童, "river-child," or gatarō, 川太郎, "river-boy," or kawako, 川子, "river-child," a type of water sprite), and tengu (天狗, "heavenly dogs"), yūrei (ghosts), Japanese dragons, and animals with supernatural powers such as the kitsune (fox), tanuki (raccoon dog), mujina (badger), and bakeneko (transforming cat). The stories mentioned in the Buddhist Jataka tales appears in a modified form in throughout the Japanese collection of popular stories. The monkey stories of Japanese folklore show the influence of both by the Sanskrit epic Ramayana and the Chinese classic “The Journey to the West.”. Some stories of ancient India were influential in shaping Japanese stories, though Indian themes were greatly modified and adapted to appeal to the sensibilities of common people of Japan. Japanese folklore has been influenced by foreign literature. Japanese folklore are heavily influenced by the two primary religions of Japan, Shinto and Buddhism.
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