MLLL-3043 Myth and Folklore Blog

  (Screenshot definition of the word "noodle") My friend was hungry and suggested this word. 

 So I don't know how I didn't notice this before, but the stories all start with a goblin telling the King a story. I kinda feel dumb because I'm assuming that's why it's called Twenty-Two Goblins. There is a different goblin with a new story every time.  The daughter in the story linked down below was in love with the thief. I guess you can say the thief stole her heart. haha anyways. Everyone wanted the daughter. There were a lot of suitors asking for her hand in marriage, but she saw something in the thief which is kinda sweet.The thief stole a lot from the King and the King couldn't let him go unpunished.  Once the thief was executed and brought back to life because the daughter was so good, he was promoted to general and the thief was reformed. Maybe people can change, but who knows.  Illustration by Perham W. Nahl (1917) Bibliography:  Arthur W. Ryder, The Girl and the Thief,  http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/goblins-girl-and-thief.html

 The ending is what really caught my attention when choosing a story to do notes on. At first I was confused at:" When the goblin heard this, he escaped by magic from the king's shoulder and disappeared. And the king followed him as before. Discouragement never enters the brave heart of a resolute man." and the context of this paragraph in the story. The King was sure in his decision of who his daughter should marry in that moment. I always struggled with doubting my decisions and if I truly made the right choice.  I thought it was intersting how the King gave his daughter to the Swordsman. He mentioned he had manhood with his science and it's almost crazy to think of how marriages are set up in some cultures.  Bibliography: Arthur W Ryder, The Four Scientific Suitors,  http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/goblins-four-scientific-suitors.html (illustrations by Perham W. Nahl (1917)