Week 5 Reading Diary: Indian Fairy Tales

Indian Fairy Tales

One story I found particularly enjoyable from this unit is called The Magic Fiddle. It tells the story of a woman who is turned into a Bonga girl because her sisters-in-law were all jealous of her and plotted against her. The woman then reappears as bamboo where she was then cut down by a Yogi and turned into a fiddle. The village chief then took the fiddle from the Yogi for his son. Everyday the Bonga girl would emerge from the fiddle until the chief caught her. He realized she was both woman and Bonga. Shortly after her brothers all visited and did not recognize her, so she told them about what their wives had done to her saying that her brothers must have known all along, which was all the revenge she took.

Another story that I liked was Pride Goeth Before a Fall because of how incredibly true it is. So many of us are wrapped up in pride that we often succumb to our own demise. It tells of three robbers who steal from and capture ten traders. They let their pride get a head of themselves by making the traders do a dance. The traders signal to each other during the dance, over power the robbers and leave to go home.

The story of How the Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner had a fabulous moral to it, seeing as the one who thought of others was rewarded. I believe it teaches selflessness while also telling a fun story of how the sun, moon, and wind became the way we know them now: the sun is hot, the wind is vicious, and the moon is calm and cool.